Who is Silk Smitha -Role of Vidhya Balan in Dirty Picture
‘The Dirty Picture’ tells the real life story of Silk Smitha – a star of the 1980s South Indian film industry (soft-porn). Releasing in December 2011, ‘The Dirty Picture’ stars the three men reportedly close to Silk Smitha who will be played on screen by Naseruddin Shah, Emraan Hashmi and Tusshar Kapoor. Silk Smitha was found dead at her age of 36 in her apartment due to mysterious circumstances. She has already completed 450 films by then. “The Dirty Picture” is directed by Milan Luthra (of ‘Once Upon A Time in India’ fame) and produced by Shobha and Ekta Kapoor.
A Brief on Silk Smitha:
SILK SMITHA BIOGRAPHY
SILK SMITHA DEATH ON: 23 Sep 1996
Hometown: Eluru, Andhra Pradesh
Born Vijayalakshimi (her actual name) in to a poor family in Eluru (in Andhra Pradesh), she left school soon after the fourth standard, driven to turn into a movie star. Going in with her aunt in Madras (Now Chennai), she soon found a sponsor who re-named her Smitha. After garnering much notice and acclaim with her first major role, in the Tamil movie Vandi Chakkaram (The Wheel), in 1979, Smitha assumed the name “Silk,” after her character’s name in the movie.
Silk smitha has shown up in quite a few soft porn films and the most popular one is layanam( malayalam 1989) directed by thulasidas. layanam became so famous that it was remade in hindi Reshma ki jawani.
This film stars Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar & Naseeruddin Shah and is Directed by Milan Luthria, Produced by Ekta Kapoor & Shobha Kapoor. Music is given by Vishal & Shekhar and sung By Bappi Da.
