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Silk Smitha’s Final Calls Leave Questions About Her Death

Silk Smitha’s Final Calls Leave Questions About Her Death
Silk Smitha's Final Calls: What Did She Want To Say The Night Before Her Death? · NDTV

Silk Smitha was a famous actress and dancer in Indian films.

On the night before she died, she tried to contact two friends.

She wanted to speak with Anuradha, but Anuradha could not visit that night.

Ravichandran was working, and a poor phone connection stopped them from talking.

The next morning, both friends learned that Smitha had died at home in Chennai.

A note reportedly mentioned sadness, loneliness, and problems with people she trusted.

However, reports disagree about exactly what the note said.

Her death was treated as suicide, and no conclusive evidence proved that she was murdered.

The friends never learned what she had wanted to say.

Key facts

Birth name
Vadlapati Vijayalakshmi
Date of birth
December 2, 1960
Age at death
35
Film career
More than 450 films across Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi cinema
Final known calls
Anuradha and Ravichandran, on September 22, 1996
Official treatment of death
Treated as suicide; murder theories were not conclusively established
Later film portrayal
The Dirty Picture was compared with Smitha’s life and image, but producer Ekta Kapoor said it was not officially based on her

Quotes

Ravichandran

Actor who said Silk Smitha repeatedly tried to contact him before her death.

“I thought it was a routine call. However, the next day, to my horror, I realised that Smitha had killed herself.”
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“I was busy shooting that day and was surprised to see Smitha trying frantically to reach me a few times.”
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