Silk Smitha is a popular South Indian glamour queen. She committed suicide due to frustration in her life. A film based on her life was produced in Hindi with the title The Dirty Picture.

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This film turned out to be super hit and earned Crores of rupees. Vidhya Balan who donned the role of Silk Smitha in this film also won the National Award for her best acting. After this, it was decided to remake this film in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada languages.

Sana Khan is donning Silk Smitha role in Malayalam. It is understood that Namitha will act in the Telugu remake of this film. Trisha and Anushka were approached for this role but both of them turned down this offer. Now talks are being held with Namitha. She has agreed to act in this role.

Namitha while speaking about this said, "Silk Smitha reigned as a glamour queen in 1980s and 90s. Now my fans are calling me as Silk. I am an ardent fan of Silk Smitha. I am ready to reduce my salary to act in her role."