New York: ICICI Bank CEO and MD Chanda Kochchar, Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw and film producer Ekta Kapoor are among the nine Indian women named in Forbes magazine's inaugural 'Asia Power Businesswomen list'. The list names 50 "pathbreakers" whose extraordinary business success is driving the region's remarkable economic rise, Forbes said. "Although the role of women in Asia-Pacific's economy is growing, most of these honorees still have had to overcome...
05:37 PM, Mar 01, 2012
Mumbai: After Jacqueline Fernandez, there is yet another Miss Sri Lanka, Gamya Wijayadasa, who makes her debut in Bollywood. Gamya who was crowned in 2009 features in 'Aalaap' in an item song, 'Chadhti Jawaani', rendered by the 'Agnee' band. An MBA from the University of Melbourne, she flew to Raipur for the shoot. The film stars Pitobash, Rituparna Sengupta, Amit Purohit, Raghuvir Yadav. PS: Gamya does not know a word...
12:07 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Mumbai: The actress is said to be playing Dawood Ibrahim's alleged love interest in 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai 2'. If the buzz around tinsel town is any indication, it seems Ekta Kapoor has finally found her heroine for the sequel of her runaway hit, 'Once Upon A Time In Mumbaai' (OUATIM). After Kareena Kapoor reportedly opted out of the film toplining Akshay Kumar as an underworld don, it...
01:20 PM, Feb 22, 2012
Mumbai: The team of 'The Dirty Picture' launched the DVD of the film here Monday, within two months of the release of the film. Producer Ekta Kapoor said the film is the 'highest pirated film in the history of Indian movies'. "'The Dirty Picture' is the highest pirated film in the history of Indian movies and if we had not come out with the DVD now then the piracy would...
11:48 AM, Jan 31, 2012
Mumbai: Beauty queen-turned-actress Sarah-Jane Dias, who is working in Ekta Kapoor's production venture 'Kyaa Super Kool Hai Hum', feels the producer has the Midas touch. "I am very excited. I really think anything that a woman touches just turns to gold. I recently had the pleasure of spending quality time with her. She is wonderful," the 29-year-old said at the Filmfare awards red carpet. A former VJ, Sarah debuted in...
04:23 PM, Jan 30, 2012
Mumbai: Her production company is at an all-time high professionally but Ekta Kapoor admits that she is still fighting some personal demons. She is envied for her hard work and success but she is also given many not so flattering tags. A tough slave driver, short tempered, mistrusting and many more. Refreshingly, Ekta admits to all of them but says she's a changed woman today. After enjoying huge success, your...
12:53 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Mumbai: TV czarina Ekta Kapoor is in seventh heaven following the stupendous success of her production 'The Dirty Picture'. She says producing TV shows makes her feel at home, while making films is almost like a vacation. "It's (TV is) home ground. You might want to travel the world...you might say, that you love Paris, but Mumbai will always be Mumbai for you. So for me if you ask, television...
12:57 PM, Jan 20, 2012
New Delhi: He is known for his candyfloss movies and designer dramas, and she excels at making experimental and real life-inspired stories. Together, Ekta Kapoor and Karan Johar, once rumoured to be a couple, are now ready to co-produce a movie. "Ekta and I are super excited about the script we are producing together... will announce details as we cast the film and title it!!!" Johar posted on his Twitter...
01:47 PM, Dec 28, 2011
Mumbai: Farah Khan and Shirish Kunder held a housewarming bash on Tuesday night. The couple have shifted to a new place in Lokhandwala. While Sallu and Big B were present, Shah Rukh Khan was conspicious by his absence. Hmmm... Blame it on his upcoming film's promotions? Ekta Kapoor to make Punjabi soaps Ekta Kapoor is now venturing into Punjabi soaps. She is producing a show starring Teejay Sidhu in the...
11:20 AM, Dec 22, 2011
New Delhi: Head-turners, showpieces and glamour girls are some of the common descriptions used for actresses in male-dominated Hindi filmdom. But feisty producer Ekta Kapoor and her discovery, the bold and talented Vidya Balan, have proved to be game changers with 'The Dirty Picture'. " 'The Dirty Picture' had a shocking opening of Rs.32.62 crore. This has put the film in the enviable list of top 10 first three days...
07:29 PM, Dec 09, 2011
Mumbai: Television baron Ekta Kapoor, known for making women-based soaps, clarifies that it is the story and not the protagonist that decides her choice of projects. "I don't have any gender biased preferences... My whole idea is that if it is a nice enough story to be told, then it should be told. There is no choice that I will make my next on a woman again, but I will...
07:33 PM, Dec 08, 2011
From 'Hum Paanch' to 'The Dirty Picture', actor Vidya Balan and producer Ekta Kapoor have come long way as a successful duo. ...
03:57 PM, Dec 08, 2011
Mumbai: "It's a super hit!" That's the verdict of the trade circle about 'The Dirty Picture', which released on Friday. Said to have cost producer Ekta Kapoor under Rs 20 crore, the Milan Luthria film has made money for everyone associated right from Anil Thadani who acquired the distribution rights for about Rs 22 crore to the other distributors he sold it to, across the country. Overseas also, the movie...
01:42 PM, Dec 06, 2011
