Check out the interesting deets of telly world's Czarina Ekta Kapoor

MUMBAI: Hindi Television Industry's czarina 'Ekta Kapoor' comes across as one of the most influential personalities in Bollywood. She is a 'strong-willed woman' who has achieved immense success in the entertainment industry.  

The TV Czarina has been sailing in every boat, be it small screen, OTT platforms and even movies. She has brought some major changes in TV soaps. 

The producer is also an eminent businesswoman who enjoys a humongous fan following.

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Read on to catch up with interesting facts about her professional and personal lives: 

1. Ekta Kapoor is the daughter of veteran Bollywood actor Jeetendra and the Managing Director of Mumbai-based film, TV and web series production house 'Balaji Telefilms Limited', which was founded  by her daughter itself. Bollywood actor Tushar Kapoor is her brother.

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2. She is absolutely a mommy’s girl by being very protective of her mother Shobha Kapoor. The mother-daughter duo has produced quite a few films together as well. 

3. Ekta has a son named Ravie Kapoor, who was born on 27th January 2019 via surrogacy.

4. Ekta Kapoor is an Indian television and film producer as well as an eminent director, who's also the joint managing director and creative head of ‘Balaji Telefilms Limited’, which was founded in 1994. Her classic TV hit shows like Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, Kahani Ghar Ghar Kii, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, etc. were launched under the Balaji banner.

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5. Ekta started her journey in the field of filmmaking at the tender age of 15 and there was no looking back for her after that. Her father and veteran Bollywood actor Jeetendra sponsored her financially when she decided to produce a film. Today, she aces in producing numerous films simultaneously in different languages and for different audiences.  

5. Ekta used to deeply believe in astrology at a point of time such that she had an affinity towards the alphabet ‘K’, owing to which many of her projects started with the alphabet 'K' like Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Kumkum Bhagya, Kahani Ghar Ghar Kii, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi among others. 

6. Ekta, however, does believe in numerology. For instance, she had changed the suggested title of her movie - Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai Again to Once Upon A Time In Mumbai Dobaara! for numerological reasons.  

7. In 2001, 'Balaji Motion Pictures' was launched as a subsidiary company of Balaji Telefilms Limited which is a film production and distribution company. She ventured into Bollywood movie production in 2001 beginning with Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta, Kucch To Hai and Krishna Cottage based on supernatural themes followed in 2003 and 2004.

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8. Much later, Ekta, who made tear-jerkers for small screen, was one of the earliers producers who dared to flirt with risque genres with sensuous and erotic movies like Love, Sex aur Dhoka and Ragini MMS.

9. She launched her own OTT platform 'ALT Balaji' in April 2017, which is running pretty successfully in the present.

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10. Ekta Kapoor loves perfection. Reportedly, she had rejected 19 costumes while selecting the best one for her show Kumkum Bhagya. In another instance, Ekta had torn-off the script of Kumkum Bhagya five times before zeroing down on the perfect script as the final one. She had also given the time slot of Pavitra Rishta to Kumkum Bhagya as she considered the former show to be very lucky for her.

11. Apart from filmmaking, Ekta is quite inclined towards the fashion business. The gorgeous diva also has her own clothing line which is labelled as ‘EK’. Speaking about the same, Ekta was quoted saying, "I've always looked to venture into new territories and with my label I hope to reach out to women across the country. EK is an endeavor to make fashion accessible and affordable.".

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12. Ekta is a hardcore animal lover. She has adopted several stray dogs that were injured or unwell near her office and house. The Balaji office also shelters and fosters some stray dogs like their regular members. Her brother Tusshar Kapoor also actively participates in their fostering. 

13. Being a party animal, Ekta is infamous for turning up late at her own parties.

14. Ekta Kapoor has a quirky sense of humour and also makes everyone laugh with her funny one-liners.  

15. Ekta is generally seen wearing black platform heels. Supporting the reason behind it, a report once stated that these platform sandals have been blessed by her personal astrologer. The report further stated that she has the sandals in several colours and always puts them on for attending important events or functions.  

16. She has a couple of phobias. Her brother Tusshar Kapoor had revealed in one of the interviews that Ekta has a deep fear of height and darkness. Ekta is also very afraid of helicopters.

17. Ekta Kapoor is highly addicted to chocolate. She’s often seen relishing and snacking on chocolate bars. Her favourite ice cream flavour also happens to be 'chocolate'.

18. Lastly, Kapoor was honoured with the prestigious 'Padma Shri' award in 2020.

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Source: Internet