Happy Birthday Ekta Kapoor: A glimpse of TV queen's luxurious lifestyle

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: June 7, 2022 02:53 PM2022-06-07T14:53:50+5:302022-06-07T14:53:50+5:30

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Ekta Kapoor is one of the top producers in the showbiz industry who has taken Hindi TV Series and Hindi cinema to greater heights.

She is the Joint Managing Director and Creative Director of Balaji Telefilms Ltd. which is one the biggest production house in B-town.

She started her career at the age of 17 and soon decided to become a producer at a very young age.

Ekta Kapoor owns a Beautiful designed luxury House in Mumbai, India. She bought this House in 2012. The estimated value of the House is around Rs.7 Crores. She also owns multiple Real-estate properties in different countries.

Ekta owns few of the luxurious cars in the world few of the car brands owned by her include Ford, Mercedes Benz, Audi and BMW. Each of these car would cost around 1.2 Crore to 2 Crore.

Kapoor was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2020 for her work in the field of arts.

Ektaa Kapoor is the daughter of actors Jeetendra and Shobha Kapoor. Her younger brother, Tusshar Kapoor, is also a Bollywood actor.

Her initial projects were failures, with six of her pilot episodes being rejected, leading to a total loss of ₹50 lakh (equivalent to ₹1.7 crore or US$220,000 in 2020). In 1995, Mano Ya Na Mano was selected by Zee TV and her music-based show Dhun Dhamaka was chosen by Doordarshan. Her 1995 sitcom, Hum Paanch was her first success.

In the 2000s, the letter 'K' became her lucky alphabet and she launched many shows with the first word of every title starting with the same letter, including Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi, which broke all records to become the series to attract the highest TRPs in 2000. Other shows beginning with 'K' include Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki, Kabhii Sautan Kabhii Sahelii, Kohi Apna Sa, Kaahin Kissii Roz, Kalash, Kasautii Zindagii Kay, Kahiin To Hoga and Kasamh Se. In 2001, she was awarded the title of Best Entrepreneur of the Year.[10]

By July 2001, Kapoor was producing more than 30 hours of television shows per week. 20 of her 34 serials were listed as the most popular serials, across all major TV channels like Zee TV, Sony, Star Plus and Metro. Her projected turnover for 2000–2001 was listed as ₹35 crore (equivalent to ₹118 crore or US$16 million in 2020).

Kapoor is not married. She has a son named Ravie Kapoor, born on 27 January 2019 via surrogacy.