Mangalore
girl
Anushka
Shetty
was
reportedly
approached
to
enact
the
role
played
by
Vidya
Balan
in
The
Dirty
Picture.
It
was
said
that
the
actress
had
given
her
nod
to
star
in
the
biopic
of
yesteryear
sex
siren
Silk
Smitha.
However,
now
her
manager
has
denied
the
reports
and
has
claimed
that
it
is
not
true.
Earlier,
rumours
were
rife
that
the
production
house,
which
had
acquired
the
south
Indian
remake
rights
of
The
Dirty
Picture,
zeroed
in
on
Anushka
Shetty,
and
Nikita
of
Saroja
fame
to
star
in
Tamil
and
Telugu
versions,
respectively.
While
the
latter
confirmed
the
news
that
she
had
been
approached,
the
former
has
now
cleared
that
she
has
not
been
offered
the
role
famously
played
by
Vidya
Balan.
Anushka
is
currently
busy
filming
Selvaraghavan’s
Irandam
Ulagam,
Karthi
starrer
Alex
Pandian
and
Vikram's
Thaandavam.