Celebrating Ekta Kapoor as a quintessential persona in her reel and real life.
On the special occasion of her Birthday let us enhance the fact that the list of commendable achievers in the Bollywood industry or the Television industry is incomplete without her mention.
Ekta Kapoor, born on the 7th June 1975, the daughter of a renowned Bollywood persona Jeetendra Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor is the creative head of Balaji Telefilms with a prolific timeline and immense popularity worldwide. She is the alumni of Mithibai College and started her career at a very young age of seventeen, where she initially suffered a great deal of failed attempts just like any other struggling personality in this industry. When she turned nineteen, after completing her bachelor’s degree in Commerce, Ekta with the advice and financial backing of her father, began her production house- Balaji Telefilms.
After great hard work and a number of failed productions Ekta Kapoor became successful in creating the serial ‘Hum Paanch’ and marking the advent of her success in the show business, ever since then she never looked back and obtained the skills required to succeed.
Ekta Kapoor has produced and co-produced many soap operas, films and television series. ‘Kyunkisaasbhikabhi bahu thi’ was one of her most popular television endeavours, Kahanighargharki, Kasamh se, Kasautizindagi kay, Badeacche late rain and Jodha Akbar are some of the many popular TV shows of Ekta Kapoor. Being in the movie industry as well, she has left behind her mark with some of the highest grossing movies like Krishna cottage, Shootout at Lokhandwala, Shor in the city, The Dirty picture, Ragini MMS and many more to acknowledge.
In the short span of her career this young entrepreneur of India has received many awards for her successful journey, ‘The best Entrepreneur of the year in 2001’, The society achiever award and Phalke iconic film and TV producer award are some of the many awards she was facilitated with.
Balaji Telefilms being a vast platform, it incorporates Balaji motion pictures, ALT entertainment and BOLT media limited under its wing. Apart from all these production houses, Ekta Kapoor initiated and launched a fashion label ‘EK’.
By single handedly earning her stature in the industry, Ekta has undoubtedly become a peerless example for the entire female generation along with all the ambitious and aspiring young creative minds and entrepreneurs too. A producer, director, ace businesswoman and now a mother, Ekta Kapoor epitomizes what a complete woman is like and has successfully carved a slot for herself in the media and entertainment industry. Celebrating her existence by viewing her as an inspiration.
