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The story of a make up girl who became an extra in movies and gradually the most wanted heroine of the early 80s. It is the story of Silk Smitha, a sex symbol from the South film industry. Silk knew her audiences well and she seemed unstoppable until she fell in love which could not be fulfilled. She was the queen of sensuality to the world but an ordinary woman at heart who sought true love. An unfortunate encounter with deceit and infidelity led to the tragedy that became her life.
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Nikhat Kazmi (TOI)
All she had was her well endowed body, her in-your-face sexuality, her seductive moves and her rock hard confidence to carry her through a world that was more than willing to exploit a lone woman, seeking sustenance in a man`s world.
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Rajeev Masand
What it suffers most from, unfortunately, is lazy writing. With a plot straight out of a Madhur Bhandarkar film, and a screenplay that follows a familiar graph, The Dirty Picture offers a superficial, simplistic view of the seamy, exploitative side of the 80s film industry.
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Martin D`Souza, Glamsham Editorial
Terrific would be one word to sum up the dialogues. Keeping in mind the mood and the era, Rajat enhances the characters with lines that will have the audience whistling in delight.
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Shubha Shetty-Saha (Mid Day)
Reshma (Balan) is a small town girl with big ambitions to be a dancer. She runs away from home to land in a hole of a room in the big bad city of Chennai. Even when she goes around trying her luck, she is either jeered at or propositioned. She manages to make it big, largely with the help of the reigning superstar, the lecherous Surya (Naseeruddin Shah). Reshma quickly learns the ropes of the game so when Surya boasts of over 500 conquests, she beats him with a proposal to teach him 500 ways. That`s Silk. Ambitious enough to do whatever it takes but with a super confidence that she can deliver much more than what is demanded of her. After becoming a reigning star, Silk with fame and money, also manages to acquire ego and a kind of restlessness. Her downfall begins with a heartbreaking incident.
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