Silk Smitha Top 20 Avatars

He renamed her Smitha and his wife taught her English, while she learned dancing as well.
When her marriage failed she ran off to Chennai to make a life for herself.
Silk starred in almost 450 films in different languages.
Starting off as a make-up girl in the 1970s, she became an movie extra and then subsequently the most wanted heroine of the early 80s.
Born Vijayalakshmi, Silk Smitha's youth was turbulent and hard.
She dropped out of school due to financial problems and got married early.
Sexy southern star Silk Smitha is back in news, thanks to Vidya Balan's 'The Dirty Picture'.
The name 'Silk' came in 1979, with her first Tamil film 'Vandi Chakkaram', in which she played a bar girl named Silk.

She was discovered by Indian director Vinu Chakravarthy at a flour mill.

Smitha made her debut in the Malayalam film 'Inaye Thedi' in 1979.

Southern sensation Silk: Born on December 2, 1960, Silk Smitha became a sensation in the industry with her dare bare acts
But due to her overt sex appeal, she switched to roles of cabaret dancers and vamp roles and got type casted.

Silk Smitha went on to star in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and a few Hindi films.

Her dance numbers, semi-nude scenes and bold performances in films like 'Moondru Mugam' made her the ultimate symbol of sensuality in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam cinema.


The previous year she had tried to become a film producer. Financial problems, disillusionment in love and an alcohol dependency apparently led to depression.

It was suspected that Smitha committed suicide, but the circumstances of her death remain a mystery.

Silk Smitha was 35 year old when she died.

Vidya Balan's character in 'The Dirty Picture' is inspired from Silk Smitha

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