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| {{Short description|Indian actress (disappeared in 2008)}}
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| | birth_name = Asma Bhanu
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| | birth_place = [[Karnataka]], [[India]]
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| '''Reshma''' (born '''Asma Bhanu'''; disappeared 2008) is an Indian former B-grade film actress from [[Karnataka]], who is known for her works in the [[Pornography in India|South Indian B-grade]] or [[Softcore pornography|softcore porn]] films, especially in the [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam language]]. Reshma was one of the most sought-after erotic actress in the South Indian softcore porn industry during her time. She has also appeared in few mainstream Kannada films. Her career came to an end in 2005 after the introduction of internet in India. She disappeared in 2008 and is reportedly living in Karnataka with her family.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-21 |title=ഷക്കീലയ്ക്കും മറിയയ്ക്കുമൊപ്പം തരംഗം സൃഷ്ടിച്ച രേഷ്മ ഇന്ന് എവിടെ ? സിനിമ ജീവിതം യഥാര്ഥ ജീവിതത്തിലേക്കും പകര്ത്തിയപ്പോള് സംഭവിച്ചത്... |url=https://www.rashtradeepika.com/reshma-3/ |access-date=2023-09-01 |website=RashtraDeepika |language=en-US |archive-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426110641/https://www.rashtradeepika.com/reshma-3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| ==Career==
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| A native of [[Mysore]], [[Karnataka]], Reshma entered into acting with the Kannada film Asai Noor. In the late 90's, the [[Softcore pornography|soft-porn]] or B-grade films started appearing in Malayalam film industry. It was at that time that Reshma's dubbed film ''Mayoori'' (2000) was released in [[Kerala]] in [[Malayalam]]. Reshma made her debut in Malayalam with the role of Damayanthi in the film ''Kaumaram'' directed by A. T. Joy. After that, she played the titular role in AT Joy's movie ''Lovely''. This movie was commercially successful and gave her a break in Malayalam. After that, she starred in another film titled ''Nalam Simham''. This movie's title was similar to the Malayalam film [[Narasimham (film)|Narasimham]], starring [[Mohanlal]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ബി ഗ്രേഡ് സിനിമയിലെ വിപ്ലവ നായിക രേഷ്മ ഇപ്പോൾ ഇവിടെയുണ്ട്! |url=https://malayalam.samayam.com/malayalam-cinema/celebrity-news/b-grade-movie-heroine-reshma-smiled-painfully-even-when-she-was-raided-and-caught-for-immorality/articleshow/95422086.cms |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Samayam Malayalam |language=ml |archive-date=29 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129135901/https://malayalam.samayam.com/malayalam-cinema/celebrity-news/b-grade-movie-heroine-reshma-smiled-painfully-even-when-she-was-raided-and-caught-for-immorality/articleshow/95422086.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| Reshama tried to change the direction of her career by playing a non-glamorous character in Natar Raghu's film ''Love Letter''. But the film stalled midway. After that, she returned to the old path. In 2002, she acted in the films ''Nirappakittu'' and ''Asura Yugam''. But Reshma soon faced a sudden downfall in her career due to the rapid internet surge in India, because of which the sale of B-grade movie [[Compact disc|CD]]<nowiki/>s decreased. This was a major setback to the whole South Indian soft porn industry as well, and many B-grade actress including Reshma was forced to leave the industry in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rise of Soft Porn in Malayalam Cinema and the Precarious Stardom of Shakeela |url=https://online.ucpress.edu/fmh/article-abstract/5/2/49/109555/The-Rise-of-Soft-Porn-in-Malayalam-Cinema-and-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=online.ucpress.edu |archive-date=22 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322010755/https://online.ucpress.edu/fmh/article-abstract/5/2/49/109555/The-Rise-of-Soft-Porn-in-Malayalam-Cinema-and-the?redirectedFrom=fulltext |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| ==Disappearance==
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| In December 2007, the [[Kerala Police|police]] took Reshma along with two other women and two agents into custody from a hotel in [[Kochi]], allegedly for doing sex work. The police allegedly denied Reshma the right to be accompanied by a woman police officer while questioning a woman. The businessmen or the clients who were rounded up in the police raid were allegedly let off by the police immediately. A policeman took her phone, started recording his interrogation on it, and threatened her. The video was later leaked.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prakash |first=Sadhu |date=2022-08-15 |title=Reshma:ഒരു കാലത്ത് യുവാക്കളുടെ ഹരമായിരുന്ന മാദകറാണി രേഷ്മയ്ക്ക് സംഭവിച്ചതെന്ത്? രേഷ്മ ഇപ്പോള് എവിടെ? » Breaking Kerala |url=https://breakingkerala.com/what-happened-to-pornstar-reshma-who-was-once-the-charm-of-youth-where-is-reshma-now/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Breaking Kerala |language=en-US |archive-date=27 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827162405/https://breakingkerala.com/what-happened-to-pornstar-reshma-who-was-once-the-charm-of-youth-where-is-reshma-now/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Reshma was charged under various sections of the IPC, but was granted bail later. After this incident, a year later, she disappeared, reportedly moving to a different city. In 2017, the actress [[Shakeela]], during an interview claimed that she has contact with Reshma and revealed she is living discreetly in a small town in Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kottoor |first=Asim |date=2017-11-16 |title=ഷക്കീല,രേഷ്മ,മറിയ: ഇവര് ഇന്നെവിടെയാണ്? |url=https://www.eastcoastdaily.com/movie/2017/11/16/shakkeela-reshma-and-maria-investigation-report/ |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=East Coast Movies & Entertainments News |language=ml |archive-date=22 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922174935/https://www.eastcoastdaily.com/movie/2017/11/16/shakkeela-reshma-and-maria-investigation-report/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| ==Popularity==
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| Within a few years of Reshma's entry into the softcore porn industry, the fame of [[Shakeela]], the popular softcore porn actress of that time declined. Even though Reshma completely left the industry in 2005, her videos are still one of the main earner of porn websites in India.<ref>{{Cite web |last=newskairali |date=2017-09-23 |title=രേഷ്മക്ക് എന്ത് സംഭവിച്ചു? ഇപ്പോളെവിടെയാണ്? അറിയാമെന്ന് ഷക്കീല |url=https://www.kairalinewsonline.com/2017/09/23/134194.html |access-date=2023-09-22 |website=Kairali News {{!}} Kairali News Live |language=ml |archive-date=21 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200921202141/https://www.kairalinewsonline.com/2017/09/23/134194.html |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the film scholar ''Darshana Sreedhar Mini,'' Reshma was more daring with her co-stars and more camera friendly. She reportedly received around ₹5 lakhs per film during 1998-99. The remuneration was very high even by today’s standards. But Reshma was riding high on a boom that was propelling the south Indian (specially Malayalam) porn industry at that time.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Mini |first=Darshana Sreedhar |date=2016 |title=The Spectral Duration of Malayalam Soft-porn: Disappearance, Desire, and Haunting |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0974927616667971 |journal=BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies |language=en |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=127–150 |doi=10.1177/0974927616667971 |issn=0974-9276 |access-date=22 September 2023 |archive-date=27 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227041329/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0974927616667971 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Shakeela]]
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| * [[Disco Shanti]]
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| * [[Silk Smitha]]
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