The Dirty Picture

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• 2011
• 2 hr 25 mins
• Documentary, Comedy, Drama, Music

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Rebellious and uninhibited Reshma lives in poverty with her mother Ratnamma in 1980s South India. She is an ardent fan of film actor Suryakant, and her one ambition in life is to meet and act with him. She runs away to Madras and, like hundreds of young women, lines up outside Jupiter Studios to try and get noticed. With her plain, next-door-girl looks, she gets ignored but as fate would have it she is given a chance to play a minor role after she manages to sneak into the studios. The role exploits her as a sex symbol, driving males to the cinema houses to absorb her movements and beauty. Virtually overnight she, now renamed Silk, becomes a sensation, and with aging superstar Suryakant, the one she had always fantasized about, her sex appeal sets the silver screen sizzling. Suryakant's brother Ramakant, an author, is smitten by her--so much so that he would like her to opt out of movies altogether so that he could marry her. But her rebellious nature jeopardizes her chance of impressing his parents--by challenging the upcoming siren, Shakila, to a competition. This move will bring even more changes to her life.