This was one movie that scored high on my Yuck List (the promos killed it for me) and had me muttering "wild horses wouldn't drag me to a theatre to buy tickets and watch the despo crass skin fest". My friend who had already seen it begged to differ and told me that it was not a crass skin fest, but a tastefully made sensible film. Just to prove her wrong I arrived at the theatre, bought two tickets (for me and for her, No way was I going to endure it alone) sat down to assail my senses for the next two hours (Lax arrived 20 mins late so we missed the start) with unwarranted nudity and innuendos.
As I have already mentioned we missed the first 20 mins, by the time we were seated the newly christened Silk (her given name per the film was Reshma, though Wikipedia has it down as Vijayalakshmi) was shooting for her first song sequence with Superstar Surya and Lax. tried to make amends by telling me the story so far. I'm not going to tell you the story, no siree, but better still I'll tell you that yes, it is a well made film and will tell you of my impressions of Silk Smitha as portrayed by Vidya Balan.
Vidya's Silk came across as an intelligent woman who was unapologetic of her choices and knew which side her bread was buttered and used it to her advantage. She famously says "Films are all about three things, Entertainment, Entertainment, Entertainment and I'm Entertainment"... no wonder she knew how to make headlines and stay on the front page. Following her heart was second nature to her, whether it was her decision to run away from home, or to "fine tune" her setting with Surya or to ruin two parties at the same time with her antics. her mantra, enjoy the good press, ignore the bad!!!. It was only when she let her head rule over her heart that she started her downward spiral from which she never recovered.
This is an out and out Vidya Balan film with other actors just thrown in for comic relief. It seemed like a fascinating journey which Vidya Balan has portrayed with such ease that from this day on I am a huge fan. I now understand why a Vidya Balan who is at the top of her game would want to do this film. She does justice to the role and get under the skin of the character. Be it the way she enacted:
1) Silk the newcomer trying to find her feet in the industry-the look of pure joy in her eyes when she sees the audience loving her moves on screen,
2) Silk the superstar with the swagger and cocky attitude-mocking the picketers,
3) Silk the cheated lover-when Surya treats her like something the cat dragged in,
4) Silk heart broken following her broken relationships move you
5) Silk lonely - the utter loneliness Silk faces when she loses everything she holds dear and there is no one around her to share her sadness.
Vidya has captured the essence of Silk and this is one act that will be hard to replace. I'm no judge whether Silk was a heroine or a vamp, Silk lived her short life to the fullest until her past caught up with her... for it wasn't Silk who gave up... it was Reshma...
P.S: The film was released on 2nd December which would have been Silk's 51st Birthday!!! (DOB courtesy Wikipedia).
P.S: The film was released on 2nd December which would have been Silk's 51st Birthday!!! (DOB courtesy Wikipedia).
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