Their existence was known to be the period in Tamil cinema when the item girl was just as important as the main cast. They were primarily in the movies for an item song or as a side kick to the dreaded villains. The famous trio's legacy got passed on to another trio of 'Silk' Smitha, 'Disco' Shanthi and Kuyili who went on to become as famous or if not more than the lead heroines of those days. Here again, the primary responsibility of these girls were the item numbers. Even the big directors had to relent to include one such number in their otherwise realistic movies, whether it dealt with the relationship between a man and a girl suffering from amnesia (Moondram Pirai) or a turbulent story about an ordinary man rising to become Nayagan of the population. There was no escaping the item girl till the early nineties when a change came around. Suddenly there were no item girls but the glamour quotient never dipped. This was when the leading ladies decided that they had had enough of hiding in the shadows of the vamps. The then glamour goddess Kushboo, the spicy pair of Roja and Meena and the steaming red hot Rambha and Nagma saw to it that the silver screen is devoid of item girls. Glamour had become the heroine's responsibility and anyone who was not willing to carry on the trend was shown the door or relegated to the odd one or two movies. Vamps were no longer required in Tamil cinema, nor were the item numbers considered important. Then a leading heroine of the times, Gauthami did the unthinkable (at that time), an item song. Remember the sensational 'Chiku Bukku' from Gentleman, the song opened the floodgates, making it no longer unacceptable for a heroine to do item numbers. Most of the lead ladies followed suit and even tasted considerable success. There were still no traces of item girls however lead heroines started doing item numbers.
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