'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!

Vidya Balan's key role in 'Daruvu'

The sensuous Brahmin beauty Vidya Balan has got a strong presence in the Bollywood circuit and she has proved that she doesn't need a hero to score success at the box office. Now, it is heard that Vidya Balan is part of the new Telugu movie 'Daruvu' starring Mass Maharaja Ravi Teja.

Well, the story goes that the film has got a character being essayed by the super comedian Brahmanandam. This is the role of a dance master and the name is Vidya Balan. Brahmi has got a full length role in the film alongside Ravi Teja and it is heard that he has come up with a hilarious treat.

Ravi Teja is pairing up with the milky thigh beauty Taapsee and the film has been directed by Shiva. As such, the combo of Ravi Teja- Brahmi worked really well for films like 'Krishna' 'Kick' and others. With the Mass Maharaja going through a lot of flops, let us hope 'Vidya Balan' comes to the rescue.