The Dirty Picture

Just imagine…

A beautiful, voluptuous, sensational & seductive sculpture from Khajurao temple, come to life! That is what Silk (Vidhya Balan) is in this movie! During the 80’s She is “every” man’s fantasy.

The film begins with Reshma running away from her house one day before her scheduled wedding, to become a film star! She somehow makes her living by working with Amma at some south-Indian dhabha like eatery. One fine day, a shooting is stalled, a dancer has not arrived, Reshma is a now the new dancer, assistant director goes gaga while shooting Vidya’s curvaceous body & semi-porn expressions, Director Abraham(Emraan Hashmi) burns the positive of the song, producer -Silva Ganesh adds the song & rereleases the movie & it’s a SENSATION! Men come to watch only the song or rather Reshma!

No one knows who this mystery girl is, Silva Ganesh finds her, just when Reshma has lost all hope. He renames her as SILK! Abraham hates her, as he thinks that there are other “things” in the movie than sex! But Silk is unapologetic about being a sex-siren! “Jab uparwale ne zindagi ek di hai toh do baar kyon sochna?”

Silk goofs up her first big take, coz she is nervous as she sees her “fantasy” Suryakant (Nasaruddin Shah) in front of her! Back in the vanity room she gets her “tuning” right with the actor! And the result is “Ooh la la”.

Acting at its best, is what could be said about the film. Nasaruddin shah, Emraan Hashmi, Tushaar Kapoor, Anju Mahendru, & most of all VIDYA BALAN!  Vidya Balan pulls off the role with flamboyance, vigour, sensuality & BALLS! She is irreplaceable! No other actor alive could have done justice to the role, which requires spontaneity & fire to such an extent! She unreservedly depicts, Silk, who enjoys the “Male” attention & yet desires love, she is surrounded by fans & yet is lonely.

The movie does have its blemishes in form of length, almost like an item song lasting for 2.5 hrs.!, but then that’s what it is meant to be! Also some of the scenes are not so convincing, like the one where Silk unknowingly lands up at a porno-movie shoot in desperation for a role as she needs money & doesn’t even know what to do(whether to leave or stay)! Where is the tea-stall Amma, when she doesn’t have any one to talk to? Moreover Silk’s downward spiral is not as engrossing as her rise to fame or rather infamy (Silk ka naam badnaam hone se hua hai!), so post interval the film seems slow & dragging.

The film is more than "Skin deep" dirty! It brings to surface, what is "dirty" within, be it hypocrisy, scheming, hatered or jealousy!

Overall great Dialogues & greater acting! Watch it for the power packed performances & intelligent one-liners!

Dirty Picture sirf teen cheezon ki wajeh se chalegi, Vidya Vidya aur Vidya!

L(ov+uc)