‘The Dirty Picture’ has run into dirty waters it seems. Family members of actress Silk Smitha, on whose life the film is based on, have alleged that the makers of the film did not seek permission from them before making the film. Silk Smitha’s brother V Naga Vara Prasad has now sent a legal notice to producer Ekta Kapoor and director Milan Luthria for making a film on his sibling`s life without family`s consent. “We came to know through TV channels and newspaper reports that ‘The Dirty Picture’ portrays my sister in a rather obscene way. Ekta Kapoor is making the film with Vidya Balan in the lead role. Neither the producer nor the director contacted us (the family). What right do the producer and the director have to make this film, without the family’s consent?” said an angry Vara Prasad. Vara Prasad said that even though he has sent a legal notice, there hasn’t been any response from the other side. Silk Smitha hailed from Kovvali village in West Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. Her family still lives in the village, where her brother is a semi-literate agriculturist. The family was shocked and upset when they heard that the film had some explicit scenes. Vara Prasad added, “We have to see the content of the film. Whatever is objectionable has to be deleted. Those days, the media was limited hence we could not get the actual truth behind her death. Many believe that she ended her life because of financial problems. It may not be the truth.”
