Apparently, the film is a biopic of Silk Smitha and is based on her complex and tragic journey from a poor village girl to popular soft porn actress. Vidya Balan is playing a character of Silk Smitha (who featured in string of soft-porn films in the 80s and early 90s).
Silk Smitha's brother and her relatives in Eluru(which is Silk's native town) are planning to take legal action against the makers. "Silk Smitha is a great actress, who can portray any role. But, the way she has been projected in the film by the makers is objectionable. They also used explicit content under the name of Silk Smitha in the film. Looks like, the film is being made to tarnish the image Silk Smitha. We will file a petition to halt the release of the film," said a source, who is a close relative to the actress.
Vidya Balan has gone for a complete image makeover for this film, where she represents Indian sensuality at its best. Already the first look of the film which was recently released shows, there is a certain level of rawness to the sensuality but at the same time it has been captured very tastefully. The film to the fact that 80s era was ruled by men where women were just portrayed as sex objects in the films. However, the makers of the film 'The Dirty Picture' have not reacted over this issue untill now. But, they were confident that the film would release on December 2, which happens to be the birth anniversary of Silk Smitha.