The Dirty Picture is a commercial Hindi film that may well
be the smash hit of 2011. It is bold by the standards of commercial cinema in
India, based on the tormented life of Silk Smitha, a poor girl who rose to
stardom and great success in Tamil cinema, albeit after paying a great price in
human terms. But the producers declare in the opening credits that the story
doesn’t resemble the life of any character, living or dead!
Neither director Milan
Luthria nor the principal produce
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