Vidya Balan becomes a jubilee heroine in the city due to Silk Smitha

Milan Luthria’s film ‘The Dirty Picture’, which was released on December 10 last year, is continuously running in the cinema houses. The film is running for the last 25 weeks at Relief Cinema as a result to which it has become the second silver jubilee film in 15 years after Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge’.

The film has been published by the cinema in the special list of long-running Hindi films thus making Vidya Balan a jubilee heroine.

The owner of Relief cinema, Yogesh Oza, told the media that ‘The Dirty Picture’ was released six years ago in the city but it is being shown every day in the 10 am slot.

“Some of them find it tough to climb the stairs. Yet, they walk up, grabbing the rails, to see ‘Silk’,” said Oza.

“There was no other way to do that role because South Indian heroines, especially in the ’80s, were just that way,” she said.

Balan, who bagged her first Best Actress National Award for her outstanding performance as Silk Smitha, also commented on the film.

“Though they were heavy, they were perceived as the sexiest. Silk was big and yet she oozed sexuality. I had to be like her, physically. The line that separated me from the character started blurring. A famous actress called me after watching No One Killed Jessica and said — You have tasted blood now… here on, you will seek the same high in every role. I love it when I don’t know where I end and the character begins. It spurs you on to ensure that you feel like a totally new person in every film.”

Well, all said and done, the National Award winning film ‘The Dirty Picture’ has surely done a great job at the box office.

The film is now being remade in Tamil and Telugu versions but this time Veena Malik and Rakhi Sawant are going to play the role of Smitha.

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