Box Office India declared the film Super Hit after its fourth week. It won three National Film Awards including Best Actress, three Filmfare Awards and six Screen Awards including Best Picture and Best Director. The Dirty Picture grossed ₹1.17 billion (equivalent to ₹2.0 billion or US$27 million in 2020) worldwide and received several awards, most of which were won by Balan for her portrayal of Silk.
The music was composed by Vishal Shekhar with lyrics written by Rajat Aroraa. In addition, the film has received widespread praise for portraying women as powerful, contributing something unique to a typically male-dominated society. Upon release it was a critical and commercial success, with Balan receiving the highest accolades for her performance she was called "the hero of the film". Vidya Balan, Emraan Hashmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Tusshar Kapoor played lead roles. Produced on a budget of ₹180 million (US$2.4 million), The Dirty Picture was released worldwide on 2 December 2011 (the anniversary of Smitha's birth), in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil versions. 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. It also resembles the personal lives of other women in popular culture, including Hollywood actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe. The filmmakers have clarified that the story is not officially or literally based on Smitha alone, but on many of her southern contemporaries such as Disco Shanti. 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. ₹1.17 billion (US$16 million)(worldwide)
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