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''' | '''Ekta Kapoor''' (born 7 June 1975)<ref name="times1">{{cite web|title=PICS: Ekta Kapoor's 41st birthday bash|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/PICS-Ekta-Kapooraposs-41st-birthday-bash/photostory/52656051.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=11 June 2016|date=8 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611195216/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/PICS-Ekta-Kapooraposs-41st-birthday-bash/photostory/52656051.cms|archive-date=11 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/happy-birthday-ekta-kapoor-6-things-to-remind-you-why-she-is-a-big-deal/story-3ulB0zADHATxk8X1BCosbL.html|title=Happy birthday Ekta Kapoor: 6 things to remind you why she is a big deal|last=Bajaj|first=Simran|date=7 June 2016|website=Hindustan Times|access-date=7 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607214623/http://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/happy-birthday-ekta-kapoor-6-things-to-remind-you-why-she-is-a-big-deal/story-3ulB0zADHATxk8X1BCosbL.html|archive-date=7 June 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in [[Hindi]] cinema and [[soap opera]]. She is the joint managing director and creative head of [[Balaji Telefilms|Balaji Telefilms Limited]], which was founded in 1994. In 2001, [[Balaji Motion Pictures]] was launched as a subsidiary company of Balaji Telefilms Limited which is a film production and distribution company. She launched [[ALT Balaji]] in April 2017. | ||
Kapoor was honoured with the [[Padma Shri]] in 2020 for her work in the field of arts.<ref name="Kapoor Padma" /> | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
[[File:Jeetendra with his son Tusshar and daughter Ekta.jpg|thumb|left|Ekta Kapoor (center) with brother Tusshar (left) and father Jeetendra (right)]] | [[File:Jeetendra with his son Tusshar and daughter Ekta.jpg|thumb|left|Ekta Kapoor (center) with brother Tusshar (left) and father Jeetendra (right)]] | ||
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Kapoor is not married. She has a son named Ravie Kapoor, born on 27 January 2019 via [[surrogacy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ekta Kapoor names her newborn son after father Jeetendra, calls him Ravie Kapoor |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/ekta-kapoor-names-her-newborn-son-after-father-jeetendra-calls-him-ravie-kapoor/story-gLGV0OT4ulfJzU9upYsnMK.html |access-date=5 March 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=31 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ekta Kapoor on becoming a mother: 'I had stored my eggs when I was 36. Had a calling for a long time' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/ekta-kapoor-on-becoming-a-mother-i-had-stored-my-eggs-when-i-was-36-had-a-calling-for-a-long-time/story-kpR8oQ6DKlyepOHGGhyZjM.html |access-date=19 December 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=7 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | Kapoor is not married. She has a son named Ravie Kapoor, born on 27 January 2019 via [[surrogacy]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ekta Kapoor names her newborn son after father Jeetendra, calls him Ravie Kapoor |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/ekta-kapoor-names-her-newborn-son-after-father-jeetendra-calls-him-ravie-kapoor/story-gLGV0OT4ulfJzU9upYsnMK.html |access-date=5 March 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=31 January 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Ekta Kapoor on becoming a mother: 'I had stored my eggs when I was 36. Had a calling for a long time' |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/ekta-kapoor-on-becoming-a-mother-i-had-stored-my-eggs-when-i-was-36-had-a-calling-for-a-long-time/story-kpR8oQ6DKlyepOHGGhyZjM.html |access-date=19 December 2020 |work=Hindustan Times |date=7 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Ekta Kapoor started her career at the age of 15, interning with ad and feature filmmaker [[Kailash Surendranath]]. After obtaining financing from her father, she decided to become a producer.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Bajwah|first=Dimpal|date=7 June 2017|title=From being known as a superstar's daughter to becoming TV's Czarina, here's how Ekta Kapoor's career shaped up|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/from-being-known-as-a-superstars-daughter-to-becoming-tvs-czarina-heres-how-ekta-kapoors-career-shaped-up/articleshow/59034081.cms|url-status=live|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723020050/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/from-being-known-as-a-superstars-daughter-to-becoming-tvs-czarina-heres-how-ekta-kapoors-career-shaped-up/articleshow/59034081.cms|archive-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> | Ekta Kapoor started her career at the age of 15, interning with ad and feature filmmaker [[Kailash Surendranath]]. After obtaining financing from her father, she decided to become a producer.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Bajwah|first=Dimpal|date=7 June 2017|title=From being known as a superstar's daughter to becoming TV's Czarina, here's how Ekta Kapoor's career shaped up|work=The Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/from-being-known-as-a-superstars-daughter-to-becoming-tvs-czarina-heres-how-ekta-kapoors-career-shaped-up/articleshow/59034081.cms|url-status=live|access-date=1 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180723020050/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/from-being-known-as-a-superstars-daughter-to-becoming-tvs-czarina-heres-how-ekta-kapoors-career-shaped-up/articleshow/59034081.cms|archive-date=23 July 2018}}</ref> | ||
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Kapoor has also launched a number of TV series online through her digital app ALTBalaji.<ref name=":1" /> | Kapoor has also launched a number of TV series online through her digital app ALTBalaji.<ref name=":1" /> | ||
==Collected works== | ==Collected works== | ||
===Discography=== | ===Discography=== | ||
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===Television=== | ===Television=== | ||
The following is the list of Television shows produced by Kapoor under her banner Balaji Telefilms. Note: television series in bold are the shows presently on air. | The following is the list of Television shows produced by Kapoor under her banner Balaji Telefilms. Note: television series in bold are the shows presently on air. | ||
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===Movies=== | ===Movies=== | ||
The following is the list of motion pictures produced by Kapoor under her banner [[Balaji Motion Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Kyaa-Kool-Hain-Hum-3-motion-poster-Tusshar-Kapoor-andAftab-Shivdasani-are-naughtier-beyond-imagination/articleshow/50183957.cms|title='Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3' motion poster: Tusshar Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani are naughtier beyond imagination - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725201152/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Kyaa-Kool-Hain-Hum-3-motion-poster-Tusshar-Kapoor-andAftab-Shivdasani-are-naughtier-beyond-imagination/articleshow/50183957.cms|archive-date=25 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | The following is the list of motion pictures produced by Kapoor under her banner [[Balaji Motion Pictures]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Kyaa-Kool-Hain-Hum-3-motion-poster-Tusshar-Kapoor-andAftab-Shivdasani-are-naughtier-beyond-imagination/articleshow/50183957.cms|title='Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3' motion poster: Tusshar Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani are naughtier beyond imagination - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=3 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725201152/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Kyaa-Kool-Hain-Hum-3-motion-poster-Tusshar-Kapoor-andAftab-Shivdasani-are-naughtier-beyond-imagination/articleshow/50183957.cms|archive-date=25 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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===Web series=== | ===Web series=== | ||
The following is the list of web series created/developed/produced by Kapoor under her banner [[ALTBalaji|ALT Digital Media Entertainment]] for her [[video on demand]] platform [[ALT Balaji]]. | The following is the list of web series created/developed/produced by Kapoor under her banner [[ALTBalaji|ALT Digital Media Entertainment]] for her [[video on demand]] platform [[ALT Balaji]]. | ||
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==Accolades== | ==Accolades== | ||
Kapoor also works on script writing, creative conversion and concept building. Having been chosen as one of 50 of ‘Asia's Most Powerful Communicators’ by Asia Week magazine in 2001,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/Print/Tejpal-Ekta-and-Murthy-among-Asia%E2%80%99s-50-most-powerful-communicatorsAsiaweek_2539.html|title=Tejpal, Ekta and Murthy among Asia's 50 most powerful communicators: Asiaweek|date=25 May 2001|work=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media|access-date=5 July 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180342/https://www.exchange4media.com/Print/Tejpal-Ekta-and-Murthy-among-Asia%E2%80%99s-50-most-powerful-communicatorsAsiaweek_2539.html|archive-date=5 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> she has helped launch the careers of many actors and actresses.<ref name="Famous Entrepreneurs">{{Cite news|url=http://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/ekta-kapoor|title=Ekta Kapoor Biography, Pictures and Facts|work=Famous Entrepreneurs|access-date=29 August 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829164853/http://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/ekta-kapoor|archive-date=29 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | Kapoor also works on script writing, creative conversion and concept building. Having been chosen as one of 50 of ‘Asia's Most Powerful Communicators’ by Asia Week magazine in 2001,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.exchange4media.com/Print/Tejpal-Ekta-and-Murthy-among-Asia%E2%80%99s-50-most-powerful-communicatorsAsiaweek_2539.html|title=Tejpal, Ekta and Murthy among Asia's 50 most powerful communicators: Asiaweek|date=25 May 2001|work=Indian Advertising Media & Marketing News – exchange4media|access-date=5 July 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705180342/https://www.exchange4media.com/Print/Tejpal-Ekta-and-Murthy-among-Asia%E2%80%99s-50-most-powerful-communicatorsAsiaweek_2539.html|archive-date=5 July 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> she has helped launch the careers of many actors and actresses.<ref name="Famous Entrepreneurs">{{Cite news|url=http://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/ekta-kapoor|title=Ekta Kapoor Biography, Pictures and Facts|work=Famous Entrepreneurs|access-date=29 August 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829164853/http://www.famous-entrepreneurs.com/ekta-kapoor|archive-date=29 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
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The following is the recent list of awards received by Kapoor: | The following is the recent list of awards received by Kapoor: | ||
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|White Page International ||''Woman Achiever of the Year'' ||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessworld.in/article/8th-White-Page-Leadership-Conclave-2020-featuring-100-Most-Admired-Brands-2020-and-100-Inspirational-Leaders-2020-an-initiative-by-White-Page-International/03-12-2020-349469/|title=8th White Page Leadership Conclave - 2020 Featuring '100 Most Admired Brands 2020' And '100 Inspirational Leaders 2020', An Initiative By White Page International|date=3 December 2020|work=Business World|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> | |White Page International ||''Woman Achiever of the Year'' ||<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.businessworld.in/article/8th-White-Page-Leadership-Conclave-2020-featuring-100-Most-Admired-Brands-2020-and-100-Inspirational-Leaders-2020-an-initiative-by-White-Page-International/03-12-2020-349469/|title=8th White Page Leadership Conclave - 2020 Featuring '100 Most Admired Brands 2020' And '100 Inspirational Leaders 2020', An Initiative By White Page International|date=3 December 2020|work=Business World|access-date=30 January 2021}}</ref> | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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*{{IMDb name|0438471|Ekta Kapoor}} | *{{IMDb name|0438471|Ekta Kapoor}} | ||
{{Authority control}} | {{Authority control}} | ||
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[[Category:1975 births]] | [[Category:1975 births]] | ||