Ekta Kapoor

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Ekta J Kapoor (एकता कपूर:Hindi), born on June 7, 1975, is the creative head of Balaji Telefilms. She is the daughter of the Indian actor Jeetendra, sister of Tusshar Kapoor & sister of an TV. & Film producer Sharan Kapoor. Every tuesday she visits temples; and before hiring any actor she checks their horoscope as she is fundamentally religious. Her serials usually follow one theme, and it is family values & tears.

Ekta Kapoor has produced and co-produced numerous soap operas, television series and films. Her most famous television venture has been Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, which started airing on STAR Plus in 2000. Since then, the show has continuously been among the top rated programs on Indian television. Today, Ekta Kapoor dominates Indian television, producing more than eight television soaps for STAR Plus, India's leading general entertainment channel. At the 6th Indian Telly Awards 2006, she bagged the Hall of Fame award for having contributed immensely to the Indian television industry. Most of her creations begin with the letter "K" due to her superstition that it brings her good luck and fantastic reputation. Some of her creations are Kasamh Se, Kkusum and Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii and Kasautii Zindagii Kay

She has also produced five Bollywood films out of which Kyaa Kool Hai Hum starring her brother Tusshar has been the most successful. After Kyaa Kool Hai Hum she also co-produced Shootout at Lokhandwala with White Feather Films.

[edit] Productions

To see a list of productions, see Balaji Telefilms.

Ekta Kapoor has created lot of TV serials especially on ZEE TV. Most of them have been received well by the audiance. However recetly there has been some concerns on the quality of her serials. Most of the serials runs in thousands of episodes, has all weird stories of people dying and then coming back again, villain ladies in the house, 3-4 marraiges of each person, identical people and so on. It looks looking at these serials that in every household there are 4 villains and only 1 good character. As a result there has been impact on popularity of ZEE and STAR.