The Dirty Picture - 2011 (Hindi Blu-ray) $24.99

Movie : The Dirty Picture
Year : 2011
Cast : Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah
Music : Vishal-Shekhar
Direction : Milan Luthria
Producer : Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor
Genre : Drama

Plot

The Dirty Picture is a 2011 Indian biographical drama film inspired by the life of Silk Smitha, a South Indian actress noted for her erotic roles. The filmmakers have clarified that the story is not officially or literally based on Smitha alone, but on many of her Southern contemporaries such as Nylon Nalini and Disco Shanti. It also resembles the personal lives of other women in popular culture, including Hollywood actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe.

Rebellious and uninhabited Reshma lives an impoverished lifestyle with her mother, Ratnamma, in 1980s South India. She is an ardent fan of film actor, Suryakant, and her one ambition in life is to meet and act with him. She runs away to Madras, and like, hundreds of young women, lines up outside Jupiter Studios to try and get noticed. With her plain, next-door-girl looks, she gets ignored but as fate could have it she is given a chance to play a minor role after she manages to sneak into the studios. The role exploits her as a sex symbol, driving males to the cinema houses to absorb her movements and beauty. Virtually overnight she, now renamed Silk, becomes a sensation, and together with the aging superstar, Suryakant, the one she had always fantasized about, she sizzles the silver screen with her sex appeal. Suryakant's brother, Ramakant, an author, is smitten by her - so much so that he would like her to opt out of movies altogether, so that he could marry her. But the rebellious woman that she is, jeopardizes her chance of impressing his parents - by challenging the upcoming siren, Shakila, to a competition. And it is this move that will bring about even more changes in her life.

Filmfare Award

• Best Costumes
• Filmfare Idea Sony Scene of the Year
• Best Actor in a Leading Role Female
• National Film Award for Best Actress
• National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist
• National Film Award for Best Costume Design

Format : Blu-ray
Language : Hindi
Video Encoding : All Regions
Audio Encoding: 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles : English, Arabic