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
Some fans say the film is awesome and hot, while some say the story was not so good. ...
02:33 PM, Dec 02, 2011
Catch all behind the scenes action of 'Dirty Picture' starring Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Emraan Hashmi and Tusshar Kapoor. ...
02:35 PM, Nov 30, 2011
Filmmaker Tigmanshu Dhulia along with Ekta Kapoor is collaborating for a biopic on Verghese Kurien, the country's favourite milkman. Apparently, buzz is that when approached for the film, Aamir Khan turned down the offer. It is learnt that the development took place recently, around the time when Tigmanshu's Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster was releasing. "After Shor In The City, Ragini MMS and the forthcoming The Dirty Picture, Ekta is looking...
02:31 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: After running into controversies, lead actress Vidya Balan and producer Ekta Kapoor of 'The Dirty Picture' talk about the film. Speaking exclusively to Rajdeep Sardesai, the duo said that the film is not inspired by Silk Smitha, but a recreation of that era. Here's the transcript of the discussion: Rajdeep Sardesai: Is a controversy necessary to make a hit film? Joining us now is the actor of the...
01:18 PM, Nov 18, 2011
'The Dirty Picture' actress Vidya Balan and producer Ekta Kapoor talk about the controversy surrounding the film. ...
11:23 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: Filmmakers Ekta Kapoor and Farah Khan, apart from VLCC founder Vandana Luthra and veteran designer Ritu Kumar, feature on Fortune India's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business list, topped by ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar. Ekta, joint managing director of Balaji Telefilms, grabbed the 31st spot on the list, while choreographer-turned-filmmaker Farah is on the 42nd position. Kumar, who has been in the business of fashion for over 25...
12:09 PM, Nov 09, 2011
New Delhi: Vidya Balan, Tusshar Kapoor, Emran Hashmi and Naseeruddin Shah starrer The Dirty Picture has got into a legal mess. The film is based on Southern actress Silk Smitha's life. Media reports claim, her brother V Naga Vara Prasad has sent a legal notice to producer Ekta Kapoor and director Milan Luthria for not taking her family's consent for the movie. Silk Smitha's brother has termed The Dirty Picture...
03:20 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Mumbai: The superstitious Ekta Kapoor is leaving no stone unturned in making sure her next project The Dirty Picture tastes success at the Box office. The producer will be visiting not one, but four shrines in different parts of the country to seek divine intervention. An insider at Kapoor's production house tells us that Ekta will be visiting the shrines between November 15 and 28. In the meanwhile director Milan...
03:31 PM, Nov 03, 2011
A new poster for Milan Luthria's 'The Dirty Picture' picture is out. Vidya Balan, who essays the role of southern sex symbol Silk Smitha, poses provocatively in the poster as Naseeruddin Shah looks on. 'The Dirty Picture', which also stars Emraan Hashmi, will hit the theatres on December 2. The biopic depicts the life and death of Silk Smitha, whose real name was Vijayalakshmi, who made a mark in the...
11:27 AM, Oct 24, 2011
Mumbai: TV and film producer Ekta Kapoor was on Sunday night detained at the Mumbai International Airport for alleged duty evasion, customs officials said. Ekta was intercepted by customs personnel when she was passing through the green channel after landing at the airport from Bangkok, they said. "She was found carrying personal goods for which she did not pay customs duty," said a customs official on the condition of anonymity....
09:26 AM, Aug 08, 2011
New Delhi: The first look of Vidya Balan as Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture is out. Directed by Milan Luthria, the film chronicles the romantic journey of the erstwhile screen sensation, Silk Smitha. Asked about her new look Vidya remarked, "Silk gave men sleepless nights. Silk is every woman's wild side and yet she's soft where it matters." "I've always loved my curves and curves love Silk," Vidya mischievously...
02:11 PM, Jun 10, 2011
New Delhi: Saucy, sensational and shocking - that's how producer Ekta Kapoor defines her most special project Dirty Picture, which she feels could be touted as India's version of international film Boogie Nights, based on the story of a young man's adventures in the Californian porn industry of the 1970s and 80s. "Dirty Picture could be India's Boogie Nights - a film that shocked the sensibilities of people," Ekta told....
12:26 PM, May 16, 2011
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