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Mar 21, 2023 · According to a post-mortem report, Silk had a high alcohol content in her body. Suicide at 35. Though the reason for her suicide remains unknown, it is believed that she took this drastic step due to disillusionment in love. A suicide note was recovered from Silk Smitha’s home, which featured multiple names.
Sep 25, 1996 · Silk Smitha revolutionised southern India's prolific film industry through her song-and-dance and cabaret numbers in some 300 films. She performed these numbers so provocatively that leading Tamil ...
Sep 23, 2021 · Silk Smitha’s real name was Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati. One of the most popular actresses of the 1980s in the South Indian film industry, Silk Smitha, mysteriously died in 1996 on September 23 at her apartment in Chennai. Though she died by suicide her death still remains a mystery after all these years as exact reason behind the extreme step is ...
Career Silk Smitha went on to star in over 200 Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and a few Hindi films. Her dance numbers and her bold performances in films like Moondru Mugam have made her the ...
Sep 23, 2016 · Silk Smitha escaped an abusive marriage and settled in the city, working as a house-maid while looking for work in the movies. The city that gave her stardom, ultimately killed her, in 1996.
Silk Smitha’s image in the South Indian film industry was that of a vamp, because her “disobedient” body was deviant from the expected chastity of upper-caste-female body. She occupied a cinematic space where vamps were portrayed as “characterless” and “non-upper-caste-women”. She would blaze the screen in pumped-up dance numbers ...
