It raised a lot of skeptical eyebrows, when the scandalous Pakistani actress Veena Malik, signed a project that Nikitha Thukral had supposedly rejected. Nikitha had claimed that she declined the film as the story, it revolved around a commercial sex worker. However, when Veena finelly did make her appearance in Bangalore, after getting all the mandatory permissions she needed to be in the city, she stated that, that was not the case at all. Veena stated, "I am not playing a prostitute in Dirty Picture: Silk Sakkath Maga. When director Trishul first approached me, he said that his film would be based on the life of the late actor Silk Smitha. He even gave me a copy of the entire script in English. I read it and gave her nod to the project only when I was completely convinced about the film." Further more she added, "I haven't seen any of her films and don't intend to either. If I do watch her films, chances are that it will influence or inspire my performanc...