How did your family react to your entry into films?ДЄt first there was considerable opposition. Even as a small girl I wanted t become a great actress, so when I came to Madras and got a role in the Malayalam film вЂIn-ayaithediвЂ™. But that had nothing to do with y entry into films. Some uncles and cousins of mine are in Telugu films. I understand that you were born and brought up in a rural atmosphere with no film background. How long will the вЂSilkyвЂ™ days last before the inevitable fall comes? Others like Anuradha and already crowding the summit. Today, вЂ SilkвЂ™ is at the top as far as glamour roles are concerned. And what unfolded was the story of a star-struck village girlвЂ™s struggle against tremendous odds. The interview (conducted in her comfortably furnished living room) in Telugu accented Tamil with a few English words thrown I, took nearly two hours. On the contrary, she appeared eager to talk to us. Standing before me was not the glamour puss of over 200 films, but a dark looking girl with those hauntingly dreamy eyes so characteristic of her. I was granted a audience without the usual starry fuss. It was, therefore, with considerable trepidation that I set out to meet вЂњSilkвЂќ Smitha and out what made here click. It was unthinkable that anyone with such a reputation could continue to thrive in any profession, leave alone be at the top. That she was haughty, unsocial and disrespectful towards colleagues and senior artistes. That she was ruthless in her dealings with press that she treated producers and film makers like scum. That she was a sizzler a piece of red hot property ensuring success of any film. And with вЂSadmaвЂ™, she has become familiar to Hindi audiences. Vamp, seductress, night club dancer par excellence with few inhibitions about shedding her clothes, Silk Smitha has become a household name for film goers in South India.

She was born on 2nd December, 1960 and today we get you her Filmfare interview dated December 1984. Vidya Balan essayed the role of Silk and won Filmfare Best Actress Award and also bagged the National Award. In 2011, Ekta Kapoor and Milan Luthria made a film, The Dirty Picture, which is said to be inspired from Silk SmithaвЂ™s life. It is suspected that Smitha committed suicide by poisoning herself.

She had tried to turn int a film producer but financial problems, a disillusionment in love and an alcohol dependency apparently led to depression. In 1996, Smitha was found dead in her Chennai apartment. A host of roles cast in glamourous moulds followed. It was her second film, Vandichakram (her first Tamil film} that she became SILK Smitha after her portrayal of an arrack waitress. Her first film surprisingly, was in Malayalam, Innayaihhed. Coming from an obscure Andhra village, this star struck peasant girl, had acted in over 200 films in Tamil, Telugu, Malyalam Kanada and Hindi in short span of 4 years. SILK Smitha's rise from an aspiring starlet to super star status can only be described as meteoric.

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