The Dirty Picture

This Week MAG Recommends The Dirty Picture Reshma (Vidya) is a non- conformist who leaves her home to become a star in the big bad world of Tollywood. After a series of rejections at the hands of casting directors, she finally lands a solo-dance number but the 'artistic' director of the film Abraham (Emraan Hashmi) robs her off that big-ticket to silver screen. Heartbroken, she is ready to go back to her sleepy village, when the producer (Rajesh Sharma) restores her item number in the film to set the box-office on fire. The world wakes up to Silk and now no film is complete without her antics. Be it Suryakant (Naseeruddin Shah) her childhood crush and now an aging superstar or the millions of wolf-whistling frontbenchers, no one seems to keep their eyes and minds off her. She relishes in every bit of attention coming her way and treats every strand of criticism with utter disdain. Magazines and gossipmongers damn her as the scum of this planet but Silk won't budge. She belittles them on their own turf with her raw charm. But as they say, success without honour is an unseasoned dish; it will satisfy your hunger, but it won't taste good. And Silk learns this bitter truth the hard way. With The Dirty Picture director, Milan Luthria tries to explore the dirty underbelly of the Indian cinema and excavates a gem in the form of Vidya Balan. You can't help but appreciate the effort she puts in to make her Silk look authentic. All in all, The Dirty Picture may not be your perfect family outing.