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100-465: The Dirty Picture is a 2011 Indian Hindi -language biographical musical drama film inspired by the life of Silk Smitha , an 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 contemporaries such as Disco Shanti . It also resembles the personal lives of other women in popular culture, including actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe . The film

200-430: A sex symbol . Suryakanth's younger brother Ramakanth, a scriptwriter by profession, is a secret fanboy of Silk and starts to befriend her. Silk secretly moves away from Suryakanth & develops a liking for Ramakanth after she realizes that he is the first man who loves her for more than just her body and sex appeal & that Suryakanth will never abandon his wife to marry her. Silk visits her hometown with Ramakanth and

300-655: A commercial success with the song " Ooh La La " become one of the chartbusters of the year. The Dirty Picture grossed ₹ 117 crore (US$ 14 million) at the box office, with Box Office India declaring it a "hit" after its fourth week. Balan won the National Film Award for Best Actress at the 59th National Film Awards for her performance in the film. At the 57th Filmfare Awards , The Dirty Picture received 6 nominations, including Best Film , Best Director (Luthria) and Best Supporting Actor (Shah), and won 3 awards, including Best Actress (Balan). Additionally, at

400-449: A commercial success, Silk's film drastically fails at the box office. He feels that he has finally proven to Silk (and himself) that he has defeated Silk. But Abraham begins to take a liking towards Silk even though he claims to hate her. Having lost her fame and fortune Silk had accumulated so much debt (due to her addiction of placing bets on racing horses ) that she was on the verge of homelessness. Out of desperation, she approaches

500-573: A core vocabulary of native Prakrit and Sanskrit-derived words. However, Hindi is written in the Devanagari script and contains more direct tatsama Sanskrit -derived words than Urdu, whereas Urdu is written in the Perso-Arabic script and uses more Arabic and Persian loanwords compared to Hindi. Because of this, as well as the fact that the two registers share an identical grammar, a consensus of linguists consider them to be two standardised forms of

600-436: A dance featuring Silk, to make the film more commercially viable, angers Abraham, causing him to part ways with Silk. Silk slowly builds a name for herself in the industry with her erotic dance moves and goes on to do many more sexually charged films with Suryakanth, which catapults her into stardom. She gains many male fans who buy movie tickets only to enjoy her dances and, in a short time, becomes immensely rich and popular as

700-792: A larger amount are still used in Urdu poetry written in the Devanagari script. Many words borrowed from Persian in turn were loanwords from Arabic (e.g. muśkil "difficult", havā "air", x(a)yāl "thought", kitāb "book"). Hindi also makes extensive use of loan translation ( calqueing ) and occasionally phono-semantic matching of English . Many Hindustani words were derived from Portuguese due to interaction with colonists and missionaries: Softcore pornography Softcore pornography may include sexual activity between two people or masturbation . It does not contain explicit depictions of sexual penetration , cunnilingus , fellatio , fingering , handjobs , or ejaculation . Depictions of erections of

800-529: A literary language in the 19th century. Earliest examples could be found as Prēm Sāgar by Lallu Lal , Batiyāl Pachīsī of Sadal Misra, and Rānī Kētakī Kī Kahānī of Insha Allah Khan which were published in Devanagari script during the early 19th century. John Gilchrist was principally known for his study of the Hindustani language , which was adopted as the lingua franca of northern India (including what

900-523: A medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India and to secure its enrichment by assimilating without interfering with its genius, the forms, style and expressions used in Hindustani and in the other languages of India specified in the Eighth Schedule, and by drawing, wherever necessary or desirable, for its vocabulary, primarily on Sanskrit and secondarily on other languages. It

1000-430: A movie theatre with him to watch her childhood idol Suryakanth in action. There, the man inappropriately touches her & offers 20 rupees to sleep with him . Though she storms out of the theatre in tears, she later ponders over it and determined to secure a role, visits the sets again. She spontaneously auditions for the position of a background dancer. However, she dances in a sultry manner, using erotic movements which

1100-473: A national award for my actress, Vidya Balan. The film has one of the most well-written scripts I have come across and a lot of youngsters in my office have looked at it with great admiration." She pointed out that the purpose of the film was neither to justify nor criticise Smitha's life but for the audience to live her life. Additionally, all actors, including Balan and Shah attended workshops for almost two months before filming began, to familiarise themselves with

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1200-490: A part of the film promotion, actors Vidya Balan, Tusshar Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi made appearances on the popular TV show Bigg Boss aired on Colors on 26 November 2011. Balan also entered the house to spend some time with the housemates and present a red sari to Sunny Leone , as a present. On 27 November 2011, Balan and Hashmi made guest appearances on a special episode of the TV series Bade Achhe Lagte Hain . Balan shook leg to

1300-410: A part of the process of Sanskritisation , new words are coined using Sanskrit components to be used as replacements for supposedly foreign vocabulary. Usually these neologisms are calques of English words already adopted into spoken Hindi. Some terms such as dūrbhāṣ "telephone", literally "far-speech" and dūrdarśan "television", literally "far-sight" have even gained some currency in formal Hindi in

1400-403: A rare performance, one that’s this brave and uninhibited. Vidya pushes the envelope in the way she bares herself both physically and emotionally...Vidya’s lack of vanity and complete surrender to her craft reinforces why she’s miles ahead of her contemporaries." Dainik Bhaskar gave the film 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 stars out of 5, concluding, "Overall, a big thumbs up to The Dirty Picture , which

1500-423: A red sari like a housewife (a role she had been denied in life), dead from a sleeping pill overdose, along with a suicide note written by her. A tearful Abraham and Silk's mother cremates Silk's body. The film ends with Abraham's narration, examining the life that Silk has led, and he questions whether it was her or her life that was right or wrong. He also thinks that Silk must be right now creating an uproar in

1600-418: A result begins to show symptoms of depression and obesity . Silk now approaches Selva Ganeshan with an offer to produce a film together starring her in a triple role as a seductress. At the same time Abraham also directs a film starring himself in a triple role, containing commercial eroticism with Ramakanth as his scriptwriter. Both the films are released on the same day, & while Abraham's film becomes

1700-483: A role in a song in his upcoming film. Selva also suggests that she now be referred to as "Silk", which sounds more exotic and captivating. At the first shoot, Silk dances with the actor Suryakanth, her childhood idol. Enamored with him, Silk gains his affection and attention by offering a long-term sexual relationship. Meanwhile, Abraham proposes a new film to Selva Ganeshan and is keen to cast Suryakanth. However, Suryakanth's suggestion of adding sex and eroticism alongside

1800-544: A second language. A Hindi proponent, Indian-born Paramananda Jha , was elected vice-president of Nepal. He took his oath of office in Hindi in July 2008. This created protests in the streets for 5 days; students burnt his effigies, and there was a general strike in 22 districts. Nepal Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that his oath in Hindi was invalid and he was kept "inactive" as vice-president. An "angry" Jha said, "I cannot be compelled to take

1900-401: A seductress, which causes her to lose interest in her work & fall out with the directors. Now in the 90s, directors start to make the main actresses do the sultry dances instead of hiring dancers like Silk who specialised in such dance moves, causing shrinkage in her employability. By this time, Silk had also put on weight, losing her status as a sex symbol & begins to feel threatened by

2000-521: A simplified or pidginised variety such as Bazaar Hindustani or Haflong Hindi ). Outside India, several other languages are recognised officially as "Hindi" but do not refer to the Standard Hindi language described here and instead descend from other nearby languages, such as Awadhi and Bhojpuri . Such languages include Fiji Hindi , which has an official status in Fiji , and Caribbean Hindustani , which

2100-402: A single woman named Ratnamma who operates a eatery where Reshma works. Since Reshma had been raised up as a tomboy , many people seek her for her charm. Though she goes on auditioning for roles, she fails to land an opportunity. A casting director insults her for being unattractive, and gives her money for food seeing her starving condition. That night, she is invited by her neighbour to go to

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2200-423: A small-time filmmaker, willing to take on any role. He intoxicates her with alcohol and starts filming her in a hardcore pornographic film without her permission. The place is raided by the police & Silk manages to escape. In her intoxicated state, she has several visions of her past, encounters Ratnamma's shop on the way and tries to hide from being seen by her out of shame, realising that she had come back to

2300-569: A standardised form of Hindustani separate from Urdu took form. In 1881, Bihar accepted Hindi as its sole official language, replacing Urdu, and thus became the first state of India to adopt Hindi. However, in 2014, Urdu was accorded second official language status in the state. After independence, the Government of India instituted the following conventions: On 14 September 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India adopted Hindi written in

2400-545: A successful run in theaters; the film celebrated its silver jubilee at Relief Cinema in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The film grossed around ₹ 850 million (US$ 10 million) in India with its Hindi version grossing ₹ 797.6 million (US$ 9.6 million) domestic nett. The Dirty Picture was highest grossing Bollywood film with an 'A' (Adults only) certificate in India, before the record was broken by Grand Masti in 2013. Internationally,

2500-560: A week later. Balan, a religious person, organised a puja on the sets before principal photography began. The first leg of filming took place at Mumbai 's Film City where an elaborate set re-creating Chennai (then Madras) of the 80s was set up. The second schedule was shot in Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad . The song "Ishq Sufiyana" was shot at Bidar fort in Bidar , Karnataka . Filming

2600-521: A woman in the history of Indian cinema...Vidya apparently put on 12 kilos for this film and they all show. It needs some amount of guts and sass to pull it off and she sizzles in this role tailor-made to show off her acting chops." The Dirty Picture opened strong, with 60–65% collections on average at multiplexes and had the 5th biggest opening of 2011. The opening was best in and around the Maharashtra area, with 80% and 75% openings respectively. The film

2700-626: A younger aspiring actress, Shakeela. During a dance challenge in a party, she tries to outshine Shakeela by dancing more and more erotically and finally intentionally trips Shakeela, much to the embarrassment of Ramakanth who had been planning to introduce Silk to his parents as a prospective bride at that party. Silk & Ramakanth argue over this incident, during which she says that she isn't ashamed keeping her seductive image offscreen, which causes Ramakanth to break-up with her. To ease her heartbreak, Silk who had already been into drinking and smoking, turns to alcohol addiction and chain smoking & as

2800-642: Is a standard register of the Hindustani language; additionally, Indian media are widely viewed in Pakistan. A sizeable population in Afghanistan , especially in Kabul , can also speak and understand Hindi-Urdu due to the popularity and influence of Bollywood films, songs and actors in the region. Hindi is also spoken by a large population of Madheshis (people having roots in north-India but having migrated to Nepal over hundreds of years) of Nepal . Apart from this, Hindi

2900-550: Is a violation of the Cable TV Network Rules, 1994 and the Cable TV Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995. Following this process, Sony Entertainment Television promoted the scheduled telecast. However, on the scheduled day, the film was not telecast, with the channel putting up a message stating, "For unavoidable reasons we regret to inform you that The Dirty Picture will not be telecast today. Any inconvenience caused

3000-460: Is also one of the 22 scheduled languages of the Republic of India . Apart from the script and formal vocabulary, standard Hindi is mutually intelligible with standard Urdu , another recognised register of Hindustani, as both Hindi and Urdu share a core vocabulary base derived from Prakrit (a descendant of Sanskrit). Hindi is also spoken, to a lesser extent, in other parts of India (usually in

3100-409: Is an official language of Gujarat , along with Gujarati . It acts as an additional official language of West Bengal in blocks and sub-divisions with more than 10% of the population speaking Hindi. Similarly, Hindi is accorded the status of official language in the following Union Territories : Delhi , Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu . Although there

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3200-542: Is based on the language that was spoken in the Ganges-Yamuna Doab ( Delhi , Meerut and Saharanpur ) called Khariboli ; the vernacular of Delhi and the surrounding region came to replace earlier prestige languages such as Awadhi and Braj . Standard Hindi was developed by supplanting foreign loanwords from the Hindustani language and replacing them with Sanskrit words, though Standard Hindi does continue to possess several Persian loanwords. Modern Hindi became

3300-623: Is borrowed from Sanskrit as tatsam borrowings, especially in technical and academic fields. The formal Hindi standard, from which much of the Persian, Arabic and English vocabulary has been replaced by neologisms compounding tatsam words, is called Śuddh Hindi (pure Hindi), and is viewed as a more prestigious dialect over other more colloquial forms of Hindi. Excessive use of tatsam words sometimes creates problems for native speakers. They may have Sanskrit consonant clusters which do not exist in Hindustani, causing difficulties in pronunciation. As

3400-455: Is commonly used to specifically refer the modern literary Hindi language, as opposed to colloquial and regional varieties that are also referred to as Hindi in a wider sense . Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Hindi is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit , through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt"), which emerged in the 7th century CE. The sound changes that characterised

3500-498: Is commonplace in several magazines, as well as in photography and on the Internet. Softcore films are commonly less regulated and restricted than hardcore pornography, and cater to a different market. In most countries, softcore films are eligible for movie ratings, usually on a restricted rating, though many such films are also released unrated. As with hardcore films, availability of softcore films varies depending on local laws . Also,

3600-418: Is concerned, The Dirty Picture kicks ass by virtue of three very strong reasons: Vidya Balan. Vidya Balan. Vidya Balan." Kunal Guha of Yahoo! India gave the movie 3 stars out of 5, and said, "Clearly, Rajat Aroraa's winning dialogues will make you sit up and say, "She [Balan] didn't just say that?!" Sudhish Kamath of The Hindu praised Balan's performance saying "This is the single-most boldest performance by

3700-646: Is deeply regretted." The Information and Broadcast Ministry informed the TV channel that it can air the film only after prime time: post 11 pm. The Dirty Picture received numerous awards and nominations from major award shows in India and abroad. The majority of these were won by Vidya Balan in the Best Actress category for her performance. The other achievements include those of costume design, dialogue, make-up, playback singing and choreography. Hindi Modern Standard Hindi ( आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी , Ādhunik Mānak Hindī ), commonly referred to as Hindi ,

3800-424: Is definitely not only your film for the week, but is a seminal work that will be studied in feminist discourses." Kaveree Bamzai of India Today gave 4 out of 5 stars and extolled Balan's performance, calling it "riveting". Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave 3 stars out of 5, commenting "Despite the film’s shortcomings, you go the distance for Vidya Balan, who’s riveting as Silk. She plays the part with gusto – it’s

3900-484: Is happy to see the crowd gathering around to see her, but is left heartbroken when her mother slams the door on her face without greeting her. At an awards ceremony Silk is insulted by Suryakanth who whispers to her that she is nothing more than everyone's "dirty secret". Hurt by his remarks, Silk delivers her award receiving speech in which she criticises the misogynistic double standards of the society which names & shames women acting in erotically charged films but not

4000-400: Is in its truest meaning, an entertainer. Highly recommended!" Raja Sen from Rediff.com gave 3.5 out of 5 stars and said " The Dirty Picture forsakes much potential nuance in its urge to please crowds but is still far more engaging than most Bollywood produce." Sukanya Verma of Rediff.com gave 3 out of 5 stars, highlighting that "In terms of creativity, it's a middling effort. But where bravado

4100-567: Is mirror to a hand with bangles, What is Persian to a literate. The emergence of Modern Standard Hindi in the 19th century went along with the Sanskritisation of its vocabulary, leading to a marginalisation of Persian vocabulary in Hindi, which continued after Partition when the Indian government co-opted the policy of Sanskritisation. However, many Persian words (e.g. bas "enough", khud "self") have remained entrenched in Standard Hindi, and

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4200-597: Is no specification of a national language in the constitution, it is a widely held belief that Hindi is the national language of India. This is often a source of friction and contentious debate. In 2010, the Gujarat High Court clarified that Hindi is not the national language of India because the constitution does not mention it as such. Outside Asia , the Awadhi language (an Eastern Hindi dialect) with influence from Bhojpuri , Bihari languages , Fijian and English

4300-513: Is now present-day Pakistan ) by British colonists and indigenous people. He compiled and authored An English-Hindustani Dictionary , A Grammar of the Hindoostanee Language , The Oriental Linguist , and many more. His lexicon of Hindustani was published in the Perso-Arabic script , Nāgarī script , and in Roman transliteration .In the late 19th century, a movement to further develop Hindi as

4400-713: Is spoken by the large Indian diaspora which hails from, or has its origin from the "Hindi Belt" of India. A substantially large North Indian diaspora lives in countries like the United States of America , the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates , Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, South Africa, Fiji and Mauritius , where it is natively spoken at home and among their own Hindustani-speaking communities. Outside India, Hindi speakers are 8 million in Nepal ; 863,077 in

4500-459: Is spoken in Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , and Guyana . Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world, after Mandarin, Spanish and English. If counted together with the mutually intelligible Urdu, it is the third most-spoken language in the world, after Mandarin and English. According to reports of Ethnologue (2022, 25th edition) Hindi is the third most-spoken language in

4600-477: Is spoken in Fiji. It is an official language in Fiji as per the 1997 Constitution of Fiji, where it referred to it as "Hindustani"; however, in the 2013 Constitution of Fiji , it is simply called " Fiji Hindi " as the official language. It is spoken by 380,000 people in Fiji. Hindi is spoken as a first language by about 77,569 people in Nepal according to the 2011 Nepal census , and further by 1,225,950 people as

4700-565: Is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script . It is the official language of India alongside English and the lingua franca of North India . Hindi is considered a Sanskritised register of the Hindustani language , which itself is based primarily on the Khariboli dialect of Delhi and neighbouring areas. It is an official language in nine states and three union territories and an additional official language in three other states. Hindi

4800-570: Is the Shah of all actors." Luthria added, "Expect a man who unabashedly enjoys the flesh of women". Tusshar Kapoor and Emraan Hashmi were next cast in lead roles. While it was known that Tusshar Kapoor would play the role of a script-writer and Smitha's love interest, the nature of Hashmi's role was unknown for a while. The casting received praise from trade pundits, with Taran Adarsh commenting, "Known for engaging in interesting and unconventional casting in all its previous releases, Balaji has again tackled

4900-854: Is the dominant form of Hindi online. In an analysis of YouTube comments, Palakodety et al., identified that 52% of comments were in Romanised Hindi, 46% in English, and 1% in Devanagari Hindi. Traditionally, Hindi words are divided into five principal categories according to their etymology: Hindi has naturally inherited a large portion of its vocabulary from Shauraseni Prakrit , in the form of tadbhava words. This process usually involves compensatory lengthening of vowels preceding consonant clusters in Prakrit, e.g. Sanskrit tīkṣṇa > Prakrit tikkha > Hindi tīkhā . Much of Standard Hindi's vocabulary

5000-415: Is widespread on cable television networks, with some such as Cinemax producing their own in-house softcore films and television series. In some countries, images of women's genitals are digitally manipulated so that they are not too "detailed". An Australian pornographic actress says that images of her own genitals sold to pornographic magazines in different countries are digitally manipulated to change

5100-566: Is written in the Devanagari script, an abugida . Devanagari consists of 11 vowels and 33 consonants and is written from left to right. Unlike Sanskrit, Devanagari is not entirely phonetic for Hindi, especially failing to mark schwa deletion in spoken Standard Hindi. The Government of India uses Hunterian transliteration as its official system of writing Hindi in the Latin script. Various other systems also exist, such as IAST , ITRANS and ISO 15919 . Romanised Hindi , also called Hinglish ,

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5200-575: The Hindi Belt ), as well as an official language of the Government of India, along with English. In Northeast India a pidgin known as Haflong Hindi has developed as a lingua franca for the people living in Haflong , Assam who speak other languages natively. In Arunachal Pradesh , Hindi emerged as a lingua franca among locals who speak over 50 dialects natively. Hindi is quite easy to understand for many Pakistanis , who speak Urdu, which, like Hindi,

5300-814: The United States of America ; 450,170 in Mauritius; 380,000 in Fiji; 250,292 in South Africa; 150,000 in Suriname; 100,000 in Uganda ; 45,800 in the United Kingdom; 20,000 in New Zealand ; 20,000 in Germany ; 26,000 in Trinidad and Tobago; 3,000 in Singapore . Linguistically , Hindi and Urdu are two registers of the same language and are mutually intelligible. Both Hindi and Urdu share

5400-414: The penis may not be allowed, although attitudes towards this are ever-changing. Commercial pornography can be differentiated from erotica , which has high-art aspirations. Portions of images that are considered too graphic and may be hidden in a variation of ways, such as the use of covered hair or clothing, particularly positioned hands or other body parts, carefully positioned foreground elements in

5500-452: The 17th Screen Awards , it received 10 nominations and won 6 awards, including Best Film , Best Director (Luthria) and Best Actress (Balan). In the early 1980s, a day before her marriage, Reshma, a young girl runs away from her rude mother and village in rural Tamil Nadu and reaches Madras , hoping to become a star in Tamil cinema . She starts staying at a house located at a poor area near

5600-612: The 50th birthday of Beohar Rajendra Simha on 14 September 1949, the efforts came to fruition following the adoption of Hindi as the official language. Now, it is celebrated as Hindi Day . Part XVII of the Indian Constitution deals with the official language of the Indian Union. Under Article 343, the official languages of the Union have been prescribed, which includes Hindi in Devanagari script and English: (1) The official language of

5700-623: The Devanagari script as the official language of the Republic of India replacing the previous usage of Hindustani in the Perso-Arabic script in the British Indian Empire . To this end, several stalwarts rallied and lobbied pan-India in favour of Hindi, most notably Beohar Rajendra Simha along with Hazari Prasad Dwivedi , Kaka Kalelkar , Maithili Sharan Gupt and Seth Govind Das who even debated in Parliament on this issue. As such, on

5800-402: The Hindi heartland. Persian borrowings reached a heyday in the 17th century, pervading all aspects of life. Even grammatical constructs, namely the izafat , were assimilated into Hindi. The status of Persian language then and thus its influence, is also visible in Hindi proverbs : हाथ कंगन को आरसी क्या, पढ़े लिखे को फ़ारसी क्या। Hāth kaṅgan ko ārsī kyā, Paṛhe likhe ko Fārsī kyā. What

5900-563: The Hindu/Indian people') was often used in the past, for example by Amir Khusrau in his poetry. The terms Hindi and Hindu trace back to Old Persian which derived these names from the Sanskrit name Sindhu ( सिन्धु ), referring to the Indus River . The Greek cognates of the same terms are Indus (for the river) and India (for the land of the river). The term Modern Standard Hindi

6000-530: The Official Languages Act of 1963, which provided for the continued use of English indefinitely for all official purposes, although the constitutional directive for the Union Government to encourage the spread of Hindi was retained and has strongly influenced its policies. Article 344 (2b) stipulates that the official language commission shall be constituted every ten years to recommend steps for

6100-542: The President may, during the said period, by order authorise the use of the Hindi language in addition to the English language and of the Devanagari form of numerals in addition to the international form of Indian numerals for any of the official purposes of the Union. Article 351 of the Indian constitution states: It shall be the duty of the Union to promote the spread of the Hindi language, to develop it so that it may serve as

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6200-460: The Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script. The form of numerals to be used for the official purposes of the Union shall be the international form of Indian numerals. (2) Notwithstanding anything in clause (1), for a period of fifteen years from the commencement of this Constitution, the English language shall continue to be used for all the official purposes of the Union for which it was being used immediately before such commencement: Provided that

6300-442: The assistant director found attractive. But when the film's director, Abraham comes back to the set that day and sees the dance footage, he is extremely disgusted seeing her erotic dance. He edits out Reshma's entire dance sequence. Reshma and Ratnamma eagerly goes to watch the movie but are crestfallen to see her dance has not been featured in the film. The film fails at the box office inspite of being highly praised by critics, much to

6400-580: The body language of their characters. The story chose me! It was Ekta's idea; she had asked the writer to write a story based on this, and once it was done, they casually asked me to go through it. She wanted a first-time director to do it as it wasn't a big canvas and they did not have a big budget, but when I read the story I was bowled over. I told her I wanted to direct it; it was exclusive material – not those typical masala films, and I didn't want anyone else directing it. When screenwriter Rajat Aroraa initially started working, taking cues from producer Kapoor,

6500-485: The criticism that Balan's character might evoke, Luthria clarified, "I wanted Vidya to know that what she's doing is not crass or crude but can be shown aesthetically in a sensual manner with a touch of class. What her character does, is not cheap." As a reference point, he also asked Balan to study 'similar themed' films such as Burlesque and Chicago . Balan also underwent salsa training to fine-tune herself with Smitha's languid body language. Next, Naseeruddin Shah

6600-469: The details of her life from anecdotes and party gossips, and then fictionalised them. Apart from depicting the pomp of the Telugu/Tamil film industry, the screenplay takes up issues such as money management by actors, "their string of broken relationships", and the way they "led lonely lives and met with tragic ends". For inspiration, instead of looking at South Indian films of the period, the team turned to

6700-433: The dismay of the producer Selva Ganeshan, who later recalls Reshma's performance footage and includes that song in re-release at B and C centres. The film goes on to attract large crowds due to Reshma's dance moves, despite being heavily criticised by reviewers. Just as Reshma, disheartened that her song was edited out, decides to pack up and go back to her village, producer Selva Ganeshan finds her dwelling place and offers her

6800-526: The distributor rights for ₹ 191 million (US$ 2.3 million). It was initially banned by the Pakistan Central Board of Film Censors due to concerns over obscenity, though it was later cleared for release only a week after the Indian premiere. Upon release, the film received positive reviews from critics, with Balan's performance receiving widespread critical acclaim. The Times of India gave 4 out of 5 stars, concluding that " The Dirty Picture

6900-399: The exhibition of such films may be restricted to those above a certain age, typically 18. At least one country, Germany , has different age limits for hardcore and softcore pornography, softcore material usually receives a FSK-16 rating (no one under 16 is allowed to buy) and hardcore material receiving a FSK-18 (no one under 18 allowed to buy). In some countries, broadcasting of softcore films

7000-445: The film released in the UAE , UK, Canada, United States, Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore, Kenya, Tanzania, Indonesia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Hong Kong. Its nett opening altogether in these territories was approximately ₹ 35 million (US$ 420,000). In UAE, on Thursday alone, the film grossed ₹ 4.3 million (US$ 52,000). The Indian television premiere of The Dirty Picture

7100-428: The first weekend nett collection at ₹ 322.5 million (US$ 3.9 million) from all versions (Hindi, Tamil, Telugu). The Dirty Picture sustained well on Monday by collecting ₹ 50 million (US$ 600,000) nett, with total collection netting at ₹ 342.5 million (US$ 4.1 million). Due to a public holiday on Tuesday owing to Muharram celebrations, collection jumped to ₹ 57.5 million (US$ 690,000) nett, and hence taking

7200-531: The last 125 years, there are no academic studies of any of them – of their use in South Africa, their evolution and current decline. Hindi is adopted as the third official court language in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . As a result of this status, the Indian workforce in UAE can file their complaints to the labour courts in the country in their own mother-tongue. Hindi is the lingua franca of northern India (which contains

7300-479: The men who produce, distribute, consume & spread those same material. She declares that she will continue to make her "dirty pictures" until the society changes its views. Silk's relationship with Ramakanth is released to the public after noted journalist Naila criticizes her for having a romantic relationship with both brothers. To seek revenge, Suryakanth drops Silk from his forthcoming films, forcing her to work with other filmmakers, who repeatedly typecast her as

7400-641: The oath now in Nepali. I might rather take it in English." Hindi is a protected language in South Africa . According to the Constitution of South Africa , the Pan South African Language Board must promote and ensure respect for Hindi along with other languages. According to a doctoral dissertation by Rajend Mesthrie in 1985, although Hindi and other Indian languages have existed in South Africa for

7500-569: The official language of the imperial court during the reign of Shah Jahan . It is recorded that Emperor Aurangzeb spoke in Hindvi . The Hindustani vernacular became an expression of Indian national unity during the Indian Independence movement , and continues to be spoken as the common language of the people of the northern Indian subcontinent, which is reflected in the Hindustani vocabulary of Bollywood films and songs. Standard Hindi

7600-774: The other world as well, because that is her nature. Ekta Kapoor launched the film with director Milan Luthria soon after their collaboration Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai became a hit. She said that The Dirty Picture is my picture it shows how life had been to me would be India's answer to the Academy Award -nominated film Boogie Nights . Later in a press conference, Kapoor clarified that neither of Balaji 's forthcoming films, Ragini MMS nor The Dirty Picture , were "porn films" as they had been made out to be. Kapoor has gone on record to add, "I would be surprised if I don't get unbelievable critical acclaim for The Dirty Picture and

7700-483: The place of the English borrowings (ṭeli)fon and ṭīvī . Hindi also features significant Persian influence, standardised from spoken Hindustani . Early borrowings, beginning in the mid-12th century, were specific to Islam (e.g. Muhammad , Islām ) and so Persian was simply an intermediary for Arabic. Later, under the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire , Persian became the primary administrative language in

7800-522: The progressive use of Hindi language and impose restrictions on the use of the English language by the union government. In practice, the official language commissions are constantly endeavouring to promote Hindi but not imposing restrictions on English in official use by the union government. At the state level, Hindi is the official language of the following Indian states: Bihar , Chhattisgarh , Haryana , Himachal Pradesh , Jharkhand , Madhya Pradesh , Rajasthan , Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand . Hindi

7900-495: The same language, Hindustani or Hindi-Urdu. Hindi is the most commonly used scheduled language in India and is one of the two official languages of the union , the other being English. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan and is one of 22 scheduled languages of India , also having official status in Uttar Pradesh , Jammu and Kashmir , Delhi , Telangana , Andhra Pradesh and Bihar . Hindi

8000-760: The same position (as an object of lust ) as she was before her film career began. Completely heartbroken and inundated with substance abuse , she reaches her house and cries out bitterly. Abraham finds himself falling in love with Silk, even though he denies it at first, as he struggles with this moral dilemma. After coming to know about Silk's loneliness & loveless personal life, he goes to Silk's hometown and convinces her mother to accompany him to visit her at Madras. He tries to call Silk over phone in an attempt to surprise her but she doesn't pick up. When he finally got Silk on phone, Abraham becomes alarmed when she asks him to bid farewell to everyone for her. He rushes to her house and finds her lying in bed, dressed modestly in

8100-427: The scene (often plants, pillows, furniture, or drapery) or carefully chosen camera angles. Pornographic filmmakers sometimes make both hardcore and softcore types of a films, with the softcore version using less explicit angles of sex scenes or using the other techniques to "tone down" any objectionable feature. The softcore version may, for example, be edited for the in-house hotel pay-per-view market. Total nudity

8200-485: The scope of the film was much smaller, primarily looking back to the soft-pornography scene of the 1980s. As work progressed, the scope gradually widened to include the controversial romances of Smitha through a fictionalised biopic. While researching for the film, director Luthria and screenwriter Aroraa found little material in magazines of that period, as "women like Silk Smitha were often ignored by film magazines, except for gossip column mentions". Thus they derived many of

8300-464: The shoot filming an important scene, where they had to insult each other. Though he was initially anxious, it all turned out well and he was surprised by the resulting chemistry. The first look of The Dirty Picture and a short teaser were launched online on 26 August 2011. The enthusiastic response even prompted its producers to consider a sequel. The film's trailer on YouTube got over 500,000 hits in one day and one million hits in two days. Meanwhile,

8400-458: The size and shape of the labia according to censorship standards in different countries. Originally, softcore pornography was presented mainly in the form of men's magazines , in both still photos and art drawings (such as Vargas girls ), when it was barely acceptable to show a glimpse of a woman's nipple in the 1950s. By the 1970s, mainstream magazines such as Playboy , Penthouse , and especially Hustler showcased nudity. After

8500-406: The song, " Ooh La La " with Saakshi Tanwar , the female lead actress of the show. T-Series acquired the music rights for The Dirty Picture . Vishal–Shekhar composed four tracks and Rajat Arora penned the lyrics for them. The first of the four tracks, "Ooh La La," sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Bappi Lahiri was released on the internet on 4 November 2011, along with the soundtrack. "Ooh La La"

8600-489: The theatrical trailer was launched on 30 August at a single screen cinema in Bandra . The space was especially decorated to recreate the retro era. Since the film is set in the 1980s, a time when multiplexes did not exist, the producers thought it would be fitting to show the première on a single screen. The lead stars created publicity by organising a promotional campaign in the festival of Mithibai College on 30 November. As

8700-651: The total 5 days collection to ₹ 400 million (US$ 4.8 million) nett. By the end of the first week, it netted around ₹ 500 million (US$ 6.0 million) and in the process became the biggest opening ever for a women-oriented film in the history of Indian Cinema . The Dirty Picture sustained well in the second week. The film grossed ₹ 25 million (US$ 300,000) nett on its second Friday while ₹ 40 million (US$ 480,000) nett on Saturday, with major collections coming from Maharashtra area. It collected ₹ 115 million (US$ 1.4 million) nett on its second weekend. 25 weeks after its release, The Dirty Picture continued to have

8800-471: The transition from Middle Indo-Aryan to Hindi are: During the period of Delhi Sultanate in medieval India , which covered most of today's north India, eastern Pakistan, southern Nepal and Bangladesh and which resulted in the contact of Hindu and Muslim cultures , the Sanskrit and Prakrit base of Old Hindi became enriched with loanwords from Persian , evolving into the present form of Hindustani. Hindi achieved prominence in India after it became

8900-522: The unheard of, by casting Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan – two of the most successful stars of today – opposite each other in The Dirty Picture . The perfect combination of mass and class promises to make this controversial film yet another winner from the Balaji stable." Filming was to begin on 21 May 2011: a week after the release of Kapoor's Ragini MMS . But due to production delays, it began

9000-472: The work of mainstream Bollywood directors like Manmohan Desai , Vijay Anand , Raj Kapoor , Feroz Khan and G.P. Sippy. To put the global soft-porn industry in context, the team looked into Boogie Nights (1997) and The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996). The final script became a "fictionalised, women-oriented, generalised perspective on the 1980s film industry". After initial talks with actresses Kangana Ranaut and Bipasha Basu fell through, Vidya Balan

9100-668: The world including first and second language speakers. Hindi is the fastest growing language of India , followed by Kashmiri , Meitei , Gujarati and Bengali according to the 2011 census of India . The term Hindī originally was used to refer to inhabitants of the Indo-Gangetic Plain . It was borrowed from Classical Persian هندی Hindī ( Iranian Persian pronunciation: Hendi ), meaning ' of or belonging to Hind (India) ' (hence, ' Indian ' ). Another name Hindavī ( हिन्दवी ) or Hinduī ( हिन्दुई ) (from Persian هندوی  'of or belonging to

9200-415: Was a critical and commercial success, with Balan's performance receiving widespread critical acclaim and numerous accolades; she was called "the hero of the film". In addition, the film has received high praise for portraying women as powerful, contributing something unique to a typically male-dominated society. The film's soundtrack, composed by Vishal–Shekhar with lyrics written by Rajat Aroraa, also became

9300-417: Was cast as an ageing South Indian superstar with "hideous wigs, dark glasses and painted-on mustaches". He performed a "fast dance number" in the film, a full 22 years after he last did it in the song "Tirchi Topiwale" from Tridev (1989). Regarding his character, Ekta Kapoor stated, "This role requires him to play to the gallery, provoke claps, laughs, and whistles and I know he can pull it off because Naseer

9400-573: Was completed in September, before venturing into post-production, ahead of the December release. Director Luthria wanted to depict a sense of discomfort between the two lead characters, Balan and Hashmi, a "meeting of two completely different worlds". So he didn't allow them to interact and get comfortable with each other during film workshops ahead of the shoot. Since he considered them "the unlikeliest pair to come together", he brought them together right into

9500-509: Was declared a 'Blockbuster' by Box Office India after its fourth week and ended with a lifetime gross of around ₹ 850 million (US$ 10 million). On the first day, the Hindi version grossed around ₹ 88.5 million (US$ 1.1 million) nett, while the Telugu version collected around ₹ 2 million (US$ 24,000). The film grossed ₹ 107.8 million (US$ 1.3 million) nett on Saturday and ₹ 123.8 million (US$ 1.5 million) nett on Sunday, taking

9600-544: Was directed by Milan Luthria and co-produced by Shobha Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor , after Ekta came up with the idea and asked screenwriter Rajat Aroraa to pen a story based on it. Produced on a budget of ₹ 18 crore (US$ 2.2 million), The Dirty Picture was released worldwide on 2 December 2011 (the anniversary of Smitha's birth), in Hindi , Telugu and Tamil versions. Vidya Balan , Emraan Hashmi , Naseeruddin Shah and Tusshar Kapoor star in lead roles. Upon release, it

9700-555: Was envisioned that Hindi would become the sole working language of the Union Government by 1965 (per directives in Article 344 (2) and Article 351), with state governments being free to function in the language of their own choice. However, widespread resistance to the imposition of Hindi on non-native speakers, especially in South India (such as those in Tamil Nadu ) led to the passage of

9800-734: Was featured in Fox American sitcom television series New Girl episode "Big Mama P". and was used in some regional films, including in Race Gurram . The Tamil song " Nakka Mukka " was featured in the film. The film released worldwide on 2 December 2011, coinciding with the 51st birth anniversary of South Indian film siren Silk Smitha . Nationally, the film released on 1766 screens and on 120 screens abroad. The satellite rights were sold to SET for ₹ 80 million (US$ 960,000) and another ₹ 20 million (US$ 240,000) from music rights deal with T-Series. Raveena Tandon 's husband, Anil Thadani acquired

9900-420: Was offered the lead role. When Balan was narrated the script and shown sketches of what she needed to wear for the portrayal, she felt uncomfortable. Luthria added, "We couldn't have found anyone better than Vidya for this role. It's a casting that very few would think is viable because it is going to be nothing like Vidya has done before. But I am confident she will push the envelope as far as she can". Regarding

10000-637: Was set to be telecast on SET on 22 April 2012 at 12 pm and 8 pm IST . The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court allowed the TV channel to go ahead with the scheduled telecast after the Central Board of Film Certification had cleared the film with 56 cuts, 36 of which were done by the producers, while other cuts were suggested by the Certification Board. It had to go through these cuts as the telecast of an adult-rated film during prime time in India

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