Silk Smitha had acted in about 450 films, most of them in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu. Most of her roles had her as a sex siren, and in the '80s, her presence in a movie garnered more attention than the leading hero in the film. Some of Silk's popular movies in the era were Alaigal Oivathillai, Moondram Pirai (Sadma in Hindi) and Layanam.