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Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati 2 December — 23 September , better known by her stage name Silk Smitha , was an Indian actress and dancer who worked mainly in Tamil and Telugu cinema, in addition to some Kannada , Malayalam and Hindi films. In a career spanning 18 years, she appeared in over films. She was a school dropout due to her family situation.

Her family married her off at a very young age. Her husband and in-laws treated her poorly and she soon ran away. Smitha started as a touch-up artist for the actress Aparna and soon got a break in small character roles. Eastman gave her the name Smitha. She got her big break in Tamil cinema after director Vinu Chakravarthy took her under his wing; his wife taught her English and arranged for her to learn dancing, [ 10 ] though soon, due to her marked sex appeal, she switched to roles of cabaret dancers and vamps and inevitably found herself typecast.

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Her dance numbers and bold performances in films such as Moondru Mugam made her the ultimate symbol of sensuality in South Indian cinema. Her item numbers in films such as Amaran and Halli Meshtru in Kannada were also celebrated at the box office. Some film critics, historians and journalists have referred to her as a "soft porn" actress. Her acting prowess did not go completely unnoticed, and in her rare non-sexual roles she impressed critics and audiences, such as her portrayal of a wife hurt by her role in her husband's rape of their maid which she passively allowed by not preventing him from entering the maid's bathroom and standing "guard" during the shameful act, to prevent embarrassment to their family and when she poignantly admitted her mistake in her confrontation of her husband in Alaigal Oivathillai