Silk Smitha's tragic suicide note goes viral

Born Vijayalakshmi Vadlapati, Silk Smitha was not just a glamour doll for Kollywood but someone who created a niche for herself. Celluloid till date has not seen a replacement for the sultry siren who rocked south Indian film industries, but the young generation may not know about the woman who was unapologetically sexy and dared to challenge social hypocrisies.
Silk Smitha was the most sought after actress by many directors and producers in the film industry during the 80s and early 90s.Due to depression caused by financial burden and multiple failed relationships, the actress ended her life in 1996, at the age of 35. Silk Smitha's handwritten letter before her death, in which she shared her tragic life has now gone viral on the internet.
The translation of the letter from Telugu to English reads, “Only I know how hard I worked to become an actress. No one loved me. Only Babu (Dr. Radhakrishnan) treated me with a little love. Everyone would exploit my work. I have so many desires in life.
There is also a desire to fulfill them all. But I have no peace wherever I go. Everyone’s actions were disturbing to me. Maybe so, death fascinates me. I have done well for everyone. And yet my life is like this? God, what is this justification? I have to give half of the property I earned to Babu. I loved it so much, loved it, and sincerely. I just believed that he would not cheat on me. But he cheated on me.
If there is a God, He will surely be punished. I could not bear the abuse he did to me. It hurt me every day. They think that what they are doing is fair. Babu is also in the group. He did not return the jewelry he bought from me. It doesn’t matter if I’ve lived anymore. Why did God create me? Ramu and Radhakrishnan tempted me a lot. I have done so many good things for them. But they were pushing me to my death.
Lots of people used my body. Many have taken advantage of my work. I do not thank anyone except Babu. For the past five years someone has been saying that he would give me a life. Do you know how much I longed for that life? But when I realized that it was all just words, I was exhausted. I can not stand it anymore. I found it very difficult to write this letter. I’m not even buying the jewelry I love. Who’s going to get it now? I do not know … “
During her peak in the industry, distributors and movie-makers wanted to cast the sultry siren so that they could reap financial dividends and also make use of her glamour quotient as she was one of the biggest crowd pullers during her peak period.