Known for
Acting
Credits
118
Gender
Woman
Birthday
2 Dec 1960
Day of death
23 Sept 1996 (35)
Place of birth
Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India
Also known as
Silukku Smitha
Silk Smitha
Biography
Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati, known popularly as Silk Smitha, was an Indian film artiste who worked predominantly in the South Indian languages. She entered the industry as an extra actress and first got noticed for her role as "Silk" in the 1979 Tamil film Vandichakkaram. She became the most sought-after erotic actress in the early 1980s. In a career spanning 17 years, she appeared in over 450 films in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi languages. On September 23, 1996, she was found dead in her apartment in Chennai, apparently having committed suicide.
Known for
Acting roles