Vidya Balan's 'Dirty Picture' on the floor:

The film is based on the sex siren of the eighties Silk Smitha, by Balaji Motion Pictures’ ‘Dirty Picture’ today goes on the floor.

The movie having Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Emraan Hashmi and Tusshar Kapoor will be shot in Hydrabad and Mumbai.



The film is being directed by Milan Luthria, written by Rajat Aroraa and music by Vishal-Shekhar, cinematography by Bobby Singh, choreography by Pony Verma, editing by Akiv Ali and costume design by Niharika Khan.



Smitha, who has acted in over 200 Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and also a few Hindi films, died a lonely and tragic death at the age of 35. She was found dead in her Chennai apartment in 1996. The film will focus on the tragedy behind the mask of a sex symbol. Balan is currently filming for a woman centric film Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani. Dirty Picture is planned release by the end of 2011.