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Silk Smitha

1960 - 1996

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Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati (2 December 1960 – 23 September 1996), better known by her stage name Silk Smitha, was an Indian actress and dancer who worked mainly in Tamil and Telugu cinema, in addition to some Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi films. She became one of India's most popular sex symbols of the 1980s and early 1990s, as well as one of the most sought-after erotic actresses in South Indian cinema in the 1980s. Smitha was a key figure in the Malayalam softcore film genre in the late 1980s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Silk Smitha has received more than 6,560,347 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Silk Smitha is the 8,278th most popular actor (up from 8,872nd in 2019), the 943rd most popular biography from India (down from 889th in 2019) and the 158th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 6.6M

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  • 40.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Silk Smitha ranks 8,278 out of 13,578. Before her are Rosemarie DeWitt, Debby Ryan, Sonequa Martin-Green, Billy Bevan, Dale Dickey, and John Kerr. After her are Paul Douglas, Aaron Ashmore, Marian Marsh, Cecilia Suárez, Brian Tyree Henry, and Alan Hale Sr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Silk Smitha ranks 551. Before her are Torben Grael, Bogaletch Gebre, Kevin Doyle, Connie Hedegaard, Anders Nordström, and Stuart Hamm. After her are Aécio Neves, Hyapatia Lee, Chira Apostol, Rui Duarte de Barros, Dean Malenko, and Francesca Archibugi. Among people deceased in 1996, Silk Smitha ranks 337. Before her are Jean Muir, Eddie Harris, Dunc Gray, Aldo Montano, Audrey Meadows, and Benny Brown. After her are Gulab Bai, Allenby Chilton, Sim Iness, Vince Edwards, Juliet Prowse, and Virginia Christine.

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In India

Among people born in India, Silk Smitha ranks 943 out of 1,861. Before her are Mandakini (1963), Nagarjuna (1959), Prabhas (1979), Padma Subrahmanyam (1943), Rohinton Mistry (1952), and Saroo Brierley (1981). After her are Prakash Jha (1952), Sushilkumar Shinde (1941), Sikandar Jah (1768), Raman Singh (1952), Gauhar Jaan (1873), and Brahmanandam (1956).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Silk Smitha ranks 158. Before her are Jyoti Amge (1993), Jamuna (1936), Zohra Sehgal (1912), Mandakini (1963), Nagarjuna (1959), and Prabhas (1979). After her are Brahmanandam (1956), Nimmi (1933), Anushka Sharma (1988), Bipasha Basu (1979), Ameesha Patel (1975), and Shashikala (1932).

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