- Do you know what is the real name of silk Smitha?? The real name of Silk Smitha is Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati. And her real birthday is 2nd December 1960. This is very common in celebs that when they enter the industry they change their name and go for a fancy name which will be later moved by their fans.
- She has a long career of 17 years and did more than 450 films in this career span. She had been one of the most controversial figure in south Indian movie and has always been seen in negative light. Her struggle in movies has been a never ending journey. She was always seen as a B grade heroine and never got equal respect like other leading actors of the industry.
- She was married at the age of 17 to a bullock cart driver. He was severely alcoholic and used to torture Silk. Silk’s husband used to beat silk every night after he came home. He usually was fully drunk and out of his senses.
- That is the basic reason why silk ran away from the scene. She fled from her in-law’s place and landed in Chennai to her aunt’s house. She was scared to go back to her place.
- Silk belonged to a very poor family. She couldn’t even complete her primary education. She had to leave her schooling and you can now understand that Silk Smith is mostly uneducated.
- And do you know how she began her acting career?? She began her acting career as the touch-up artist to an actress. Well, as they say, fate takes you where you want to be.
- And she was spotted by none other than Vinu Chakravarthy. Vinu is a director at the flour mill and she was excessively impressed by her beauty and felt that she would have a good acting career.
- Once she started going for shooting, she realized that she neither knows English nor knows how to dance. Thus, she learned dancing and to speak in English from Vinu’s wife.
- But silk didn’t had typical looks to be a south Indian actress. Thus, she was offered the roles of vamps and cabaret dancers.
- Within no time, she was the sex symbol of the nation. She chose some of the boldest characters because of which she emerged as one of the most controversial actors of her time.
