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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 Malayalam, Kannada 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 6,296,067 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Silk Smitha is the 8,887th most popular actor (down from 8,089th in 2019), the 893rd most popular biography from India (down from 818th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 6.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Silk Smitha ranks 8,887 out of 9,996. Before her are Peter Paige, Dolores Gray, John Simm, Jasmine Trinca, Paige O'Hara, and Kelly Rohrbach. After her are Nan Grey, Michelle Chen, Marion Byron, Vittoria Puccini, Han Ye-ri, and Yumi Adachi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Silk Smitha ranks 585. Before her are Karl Erjavec, Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford, Osvaldo Escudero, William A. Dembski, Robertas Žulpa, and Bajram Kosumi. After her are Johnny Paul Koroma, Masaaki Yanagishita, Andrzej Pałasz, Peter Pišťanek, Francesca Archibugi, and Mariana Constantin. Among people deceased in 1996, Silk Smitha ranks 299. Before her are Allenby Chilton, Benny Brown, Joseph Bernardin, Dana Hill, Lyle Talbot, and Lucille Bremer. After her are Sim Iness, Yevgeny Rodionov, Yaki Kadafi, Dunc Gray, and Beryl Reid.

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In India

Among people born in India, Silk Smitha ranks 893 out of 1,493. Before her are Zubeida (1911), Leo Amery (1873), Arbaaz Khan (1967), Ruby Myers (1907), B. R. Chopra (1914), and Saroo Brierley (1981). After her are S. Jaishankar (1955), Arijit Singh (1987), Raja Rao (1908), Gautam Adani (1962), Reema Lagoo (1958), and Farah Khan (1965).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Silk Smitha ranks 162. Before her are Mohanlal (1960), Moon Moon Sen (1954), Jagdeep (1939), Zubeida (1911), Arbaaz Khan (1967), and Ruby Myers (1907). After her are Reema Lagoo (1958), Brahmanandam (1956), Sonu Sood (1973), Esther Victoria Abraham (1916), Rajiv Kapoor (1962), and Arjun Rampal (1972).

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