The Dirty Picture Review – Dirty Picture Movie Review, Rating, Hindi Movie: Touted to be the real life story of late item girl Silk Smitha, The Dirty Picture was dubbed in Telugu and Tamil too. This film has created a lot of buzz for its content and especially for Vidya ‘The Bold’ Balan! Did the film live up to expectations? Check out…Story:
Reshma (Vidya Balan) runs away from her home and goes to Kollywood (Tamil cinema industry) hoping to become a big actress. After struggling for some time, she gets the break in films as an item girl and her name is changed to Silk. She is a diehard fan of superstar Suryakanth (Naseeruddeen Shah), who falls for her ‘services’ and gives her the desired break in film industry. Within no time Silk becomes a star and Suryakanth doesn’t like her growth. His true colors are shown later and then Silk gets close with Suryakanth’s brother Ramakanth (Tushar Kapoor), who is also a writer. Ramakanth plans to marry her but her over-abusive nature doesn’t work for him. Silk gets addicted to drinking and becomes highly arrogant. Finally she decides to produce a film on her own and lose all the money earned. With the rise of other item girls, Silk is left with no offers on hands and goes bankrupt. A director Abraham (Emraan Hashmi) who hates her to the core starts to like her and when he tries to set things right for Silk, she commits suicide.
Analysis:
The Dirty Picture offers you what was promised in the promotion campaign. It is Dirty in the first hour with Vidya Balan showing off everything she has got and also speaking filth all the time. There is ample entertainment in the first half and the interval point is very good.
After the interval, the film slides down a bit and start dragging as the film heads towards the climax. Suddenly the characters behave more dramatic and the entertainment goes for a toss. Climax portions are not convincing enough. The situations which lead to end Silk’s life aren’t strong.
Despite the hiccups, The Dirty Picture will work for the first half which is worth the ticket price. If you look for a complete film, you might end up in disappointment. But if you go to the theaters expecting a sizzling show from Vidya Balan, you will come out more than satisfied.
Performances:
Vidya Balan is the ‘hero’ of this film. She did a terrific job as Silk. It is a very difficult role which might give the cheap image for the actress forever. But Vidya pulled it off with ease. The rise and fall of the character are expressed wonderfully through her. She has put on oodles of weight for the role and that shows the commitment of the actress.
Emraan Hashmi is effective and made his presence felt. Naseeruddeen Shah is perfect. Tushar Kapoor is a letdown.
Technicalities:
Vishal Sekhar’s music is fine. Ooh lala oo lala is a chartbuster. Script provided by Rajat Arora is half baked. He should have explored and exposed more details about Silk Smitha’s life. The rise and fall of the actress are not properly written. There seems to be some hurriedness in that aspect. Bobby Singh’s cinematography is neat. Akiv Ali could have edited the dragging portions in the second half.
Director Milan Luthria did a fine job. He is not the script writer of the film and so we can’t blame him for the shortcomings. Direction in the climax portions is not up to the mark though.
Final Word:
The Dirty Picture can be watched for Vidya Balan’s performance as well as skin show. If you look for a good story and a heart touching film, it falls short of expectations. It will surely rock the box office and would be a smash hit given its budget.
The Dirty Picture Movie Rating: 3/5
Banner: Balaji Motion Pictures
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Tusshar Kapoor,
Music: Vishal-Shekhar
Screenplay: Rajat Arora
Producer: Ekta Kapoor, Shobha Kapoor
Director: Milan Luthria
