--- title: 'The Dirty Picture (2011)' type: 'film' director: 'Milan Luthria' released: '2011-01-01' runtime_minutes: 144 genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' countries: - 'India' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dirty-picture-2011' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954206/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Dirty Picture (2011) 2011 · 144 min · Drama, History · India Original title: द डर्टी पिक्चर ## Synopsis The Dirty Picture is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language 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 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. ## Credits - **Director:** [Milan Luthria](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-luthria) - **Screenplay:** [Rajat Arora](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajat-arora) - **Original Music Composer:** [Vishal–Shekhar](https://cinepixo.com/people/vishal-shekhar) - **Producer:** [Ekta Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ekta-kapoor), [Shobha Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/shobha-kapoor) - **Director of Photography:** [Bobby Singh](https://cinepixo.com/people/bobby-singh) - **Editor:** [Akiv Ali](https://cinepixo.com/people/akiv-ali) ## Cast - [Naseeruddin Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/naseeruddin-shah) - [Tusshar Kapoor](https://cinepixo.com/people/tusshar-kapoor) - [Vidya Balan](https://cinepixo.com/people/vidya-balan) - [Emraan Hashmi](https://cinepixo.com/people/emraan-hashmi) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.thedirtypicture.co.uk Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-dirty-picture-2011 Film facts: Wikidata (Q3090065); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.