Ekta Kapoor

Some Lesser Known Facts About Ekta Kapoor

• Does Ekta Kapoor smoke?: No

• Does Ekta Kapoor drink alcohol?: Not Known

• Ekta Kapoor was born to Jeetendra and Sobha Kapoor in Mumbai.

  

• She began her internship with the ad and feature filmmaker, Kailash Surendranath at the age of 15.

• Ekta stated producing TV serial at the age of 19, after her father’s suggestion.

• Majority of her TV serials begin with K, as she considers it lucky for her.

• As MD of Balaji Telefilms, she has produced around 25 successful TV serials till 2015 with earnings of around 500 Crore (INR) from it.

• Kapoor has launched films like “Love Sex Aur Dhokha,” “Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai,” “Shor in the City,” and “Half Girlfriend.”

• She has produced more than 130 serials including “Hum Paanch,” “Kahaani Ghar Ghar Ki,” “Kyunki Saar Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi,” “Kaahin Kissii Roz,” “Kahiin To Hoga,” “Kasauti Zindagii Kay,” “Kaahin Kissii Roz,” “Kahiin To Hoga,” “Bade Acche Lagte Hain,” “Kasamh Se,” “Jodha Akbar,” “Ye Hai Mohabbatein,” “Kumkum Bhagya,” “Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki,” and “Kundali Bhagya.”

• She has launched stars like Vidya Balan, Sushant Singh Rajput, Prachi Desai, Ram Kapoor, Rajeev Khandelwal and Ronit Roy.

• Ekta has also launched her fashion label, EK which is available at Snapdeal.

• She always wears black platform heels on events or functions as suggested by an astrologer.

• She has fear of heights, darkness and helicopters.

• Actress Anita Hassanandani initially changed her name to Natassha for movies on her suggestion.

  

• She isn’t seen much in public events, but she is considered as a party animal.

• She is spiritual, has huge faith in astrology, numerology and considers 3,6 and 9 as her lucky numbers.

• She is an animal lover and although she has a pet dog called Lafro, she has a habit of adopting stray dogs and has many of them.

  

• She is actively involved in charity for older women.

• She loves listening to old songs and ghazals and is a huge fan of Kishore Kumar’s songs.

• Ekta has earned the monikers of “Czarina of television” and “the Queen of India Television.”

• Ekta is the rakhi sister of Vikas Gupta.

  

• On 10 February 2023, she took to Twitter to announce that she, along with her mother, Shobha Kapoor, had stepped down as the heads of ALTBalaji.