Aiyyaa's Meenakshi Deshpande vs The Dirty Picture's Silk Smitha: Who's hotter?

Rani Mukerji has shot a sizzling number with Southern actor Prithviraj in 'Aiyyaa'. It reminded us of the glorious days of Silk Smitha. Vidya Balan played the role of Silk in The Dirty Picture. See how similar the two look in these photos. After Vidya's look in the Dirty Picture became a phenomenal hit, it started a whole trend of people wanting to imitate her.
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Rani Mukerji is seen in a white outfit from the movie 'Aiyyaa'. She's lost some weight for this film.
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Vidya dancing to the 'Ooh la la' song from 'The Dirty Picture'.
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Rani moving her body like a belly dancer in a song from 'Aiyyaa'.
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Naseeruddin Shah and Vidya Balan are back to the 80's.
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Prithviraj and Rani in a steamy scene from Aiyyaa.
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Vidya was at her boldest ever in 'The Dirty Picture'.
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Rani has three item songs in her forthcoming film 'Aiyyaa'.
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Vidya played the role of Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture, a film that chronicles the romantic journey of the erstwhile screen sensation.
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Prithviraj and Rani seemed to have shared great chemistry in Aiyyaa.
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Vidya lived up to the expectations of thousands of fans in Milan Luthria's Dirty Picture.
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Rani looks fabulous in the 'Aga Bai' song of 'Aiyyaa'.
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Silk Smitha tasted both success and disappointment in her life.
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Rani Mukerji plays a character who is a Sridevi, Madhuri Dixit and Juhi Chawla fan.
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'The Dirty Picture' won Vidya her first National award for best actress for her strong and unabashed portrayal of the rise and fall of a screen scorcher.
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Rani is playing the role of a Marathi girl who likes Southern boys and finally falls for a Tamil guy played by Prithviraj.
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Vidya who has held her own in heroine-oriented films like 'Parineeta' and 'Ishqiya' had the tough task of breathing life into Silk Smitha's complex and tragic journey from poor village girl to popular soft porn actress.
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Actress Rani Mukerji has a meaty role in 'Aiyyaa' but feels it wouldn't be right to call it a "woman-centric" film. She says it is more of a simple love story.
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Vidya Balan stood undaunted against three male leads - Naseeruddin Shah, Tusshar Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi.
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Rani took a 3-4 months break to prepare for three item songs in her forthcoming film 'Aiyyaa'.
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The Bengali version of 'The Dirty Picture' has been stalled after Ekta Kapoor objected to its title. Rakhi Sawant was set to play the lead role in it.
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The story of 'Aiyyaa' revolves around a Marathi girl, Meenakshi Deshpande (Rani), whose parents are looking for a suitable groom for her. She falls in love with a Tamil boy, essayed by Prithviraj Sukumaran.
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Ekta Kapoor was the producer of 'The Dirty Picture', which was an unofficial biopic of southern sex symbol Silk Smitha.
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Post 'Aiyyaa', Rani will be seen in director Reema Kagti's "Talaash". She is quite positive, and prefers not to look back at the past.
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Naseeruddin Shah and Vidya last worked together in the 2010 hit 'Ishqiya'.
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Rani Mukerji, who was last seen playing a serious journalist in 'No One Killed Jessica' has surprised everyone with the promos of 'Aiyyaa'.
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'The Dirty Picture' grossed around 74 crore on its first weekend.
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Two of Anurag Kashyap's films 'Aiyyaa' and 'Chittagong' are releasing on the same day.
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Earlier, Ekta tried to stop producer Venkateappa from making the Kannada version of 'The Dirty Picture', but the filmmaker started the project after getting a green signal from a film body.
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Actress Rani Mukherjee, who will be seen playing the role of a Maharashtrian girl in the upcoming 'Aiyyaa', says the film is a pure family entertainer. She also expressed confidence that the film would be liked by people of all ages.
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