Silk Smitha was a glamour doll who reigned the Tamil Film industry in the 80s. She was famous for her titillating dances in semi clad attires. There were days that a film would become a hit if it had Silk Smitha’s dance.
So producers were behind her to sign her for their films. She had so many fans. The song Nethu Rathri Yamma in which she danced with Kamal is still popular today.
The song was so scintillating that even Vivek Oberoi in a recent interview said that his grandmother used to close his eyes with her hands when this song appeared on the screen. But later on her when she was on the top, she was involved in love and she was addicted to alcohol.
She who was yearning for true affection fell in for fake lovers who were after her money and property. They cheated her and finally Smitha was so frustrated that she committed suicide by hanging herself. Now a bio pic is being made in Tamil and Hindi. Ekta Kapoor is producing this film which is to be directed Milan Ruthria. Talks are going on with Vidhya Balan to do the role of Silk Smitha. 
