The most talked about film of the year Vidya Balan’s Dirty Picture is releasing in Tamil Nadu along with rest of the world on December 2. There is a lot of hype surrounding this film produced by Ekta Kapoor and directed by MilanLuthara.
Dirty Picture is said to be a bio-pic on yester year actress the late Silk Smitha. Silk as she is known was a phenomenon during the early 80’s as she played the role of the seductress in many south Indian films. She had a phenomenal following and films ran on the strength of her oomph factor.
The buzz is that Dirty Picture is based on Silk Smitha’s life and times, her rise from a junior artist to the most sought after actress in south. The men in her life and the mystery surrounding her death will be explored in the film.
The Bollywood grapevine has it that the character played by Naseeruddin Shah of a southern superstar has similarities with Rajinikanth and Emraan Hashmi’scharacter is that of Kamal Haasan. The film about a glamorous actress, who was such a craze on screen and in real life, has created hype around the film.
All these factors had made Dirty Picture hot in the trade. Abirami Ramanathan has purchased the Tamil Nadu- Kerala rights of the film at a whopping price. Keeping the TN audiences in mind who know Silk Smitha, Dirty Picture has been dubbed into Tamil.
Dirty Picture is likely to open around 100 screens in TN & Kerala, as the correct number of screens will be known only on the release date.
