'Dirty Picture' TV premiere stalled !

The TV premiere of National Award-winning film 'The Dirty Picture' has been stalled by the government on Sunday, despite undergoing 36 voluntary and 26 compulsory cuts and acquiring an U/A certificate from the Censor Board. Actually, the film was scheduled to be aired at afternoon and 8 pm in Sony TV. But the Information and Broadcasting ministry stopped the screening by asking channel to skip the prime time and air the film
after 11 pm.

Producer Ekta Kapoor, who is upset over stalling the screening, expressed her anger on the social networking site. "We can show rape, an 8-year old's marriage to 40 year old, we can show reality/comedy shows with vulgar content but we can't show a liberal womans story who lived life on her own terms-truly this is our nations DIRTY PICTURE!," she wrote.

The Dirty Picture is based on the story of southern siren Silk Smitha. The film which was being made on a moderate budget of Rs 8 crore went on to collect over Rs 100 crore at the Box Office. It also bagged three National Awards and the film's lead star Vidya Balan won the National Award for Best Actress. Surpisingly, a National Award film is not permitted a national telecast!

Another Hot actress in Silk Smitha Role !

Though it is years since she had a sad end to her life, Silk Smitha still remains the sex goddess for many. While she may not have made much money in her life, there seems to be many who are reaping crores using her name. One such team was the film of 'The Dirty Picture' which made massive profits.

Now, it is heard that another movie is going to be made and this is going to be a more realistic side of Silk Smitha. This is happening in Kannada and it is heard that the project marks the debut of the Pakistani actress Veena Malik in the lead role. The man to make this happen is producer Venkatappa.

It is heard that this film will have some really bold and intimate scenes which will showcase the life of Silk in the realistic manner. This would be directed by Trishul and sources say Veena is getting a whopping Rs 85 lakhs as her remuneration. Wonder what must be the soul of Silk Smitha thinking looking at all this.