Silk Smitha

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  Richa Chadha Reveals Shakeela Poster Is Actually 'Homage To Silk Smitha'

  Richa Chadha said: "If it hadn't been for Silk Smitha, Shakeela wouldn't have had such phenomenal popularity"

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  Tamil Actor Vinu Chakravarthy Dies At 72, Rajinikanth Expresses Grief

  Tamil actor and writer Vinu Chakravarthy died on Thursday at age of 72. Rajinikanth and others mourned the actor's death

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  First Aarthi Agarwal, Now Dharampreet: When Fame, or the Lack of it, Kills

  Their deaths shine a light on the darker side of an industry which, with its insistence on often unforgiving standards of beauty, its stringent definition of what constitutes success and instant dismissal of anyone failing to deliver, and its complete lack of any sort of counseling to cope with the vagaries of showbiz, has sometimes proved all-cons...

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  Aarthi Agarwal to Silk Smitha, the Dark Side of Fame

  The unforgiving standards of beauty and complete lack of any sort of counseling to cope with the vagaries of showbiz, has sometimes proved all-consuming

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  Milan Luthria: I don't follow industry rules

  Be it casting Vidya Balan as sex siren Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture or making Emraan Hashmi shed his serial kisser image in Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai, director Milan Luthria says he loves casting his actors against their established image.

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  Will Vidya Balan bow out of MS Subbulakshmi biopic?

  Vidya Balan's impressive portrayal of South siren Silk Smitha had earned applause from even the harshest of critics.

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  Jiah Khan's death highlights string of Bollywood tragedies

  Actress Jiah Khan's alleged suicide has shocked Bollywood but it is not an isolated case in showbiz and brings back memories of the untimely death of film personalties like Guru Dutt, Divya Bharti and Silk Smitha.

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  Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi to promote Ghanchakkar in local trains

  Mumbai local trains play an important role in Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi-starrer Ghanchakkar, so the makers have decided to promote the film in local trains

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  Vidya Balan's 'big' picture

  Mumbai-based artist paints the actress in her Silk Smitha avatar from The Dirty Picture

• Government considering Central Board of Film Certification ratings for home viewing of films

  After The Dirty Picture controversy, the government is mulling over a separate rating mechanism for films meant to be watched on TV.

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  TV telecast of The Dirty Picture stalled; air it after 11 pm, says govt

  The television premiere of the National Award-winning film, The Dirty Picture, has been stalled after the government demanded for 46 cuts in the film.

• TV telecast of The Dirty Picture stalled; air it after 11 pm, says govt

  The television premiere today of the National Award-winning film, The Dirty Picture, has been stalled after the government demanded for 46 cuts in the film to make it suitable for airing on national television.

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  Veena Malik to play Silk Smitha in Kannada The Dirty Picture

  Pakistani actress Veena Malik has reportedly been signed up to play Silk Smitha in a new Kannada biopic.

• Vidya wins National Award, says she can't believe it

  Vidya Balan, who has bagged all the awards this year for her performance as Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture, won the prestigious National Award.

• I had my own questions about The Dirty Picture role: Vidya

  Vidya says she has had her own questions about the role in The Dirty Picture initially but eventually the film turned into a a life changing event.