Happy Birthday Ekta Kapoor: It is often believed that star kids get a readymade career. Yet, the career of many star kids does not succeed. To make a career, one has to work hard and this hard work makes them successful. One such star kid is Ekta Kapoor for whom her father opened Balaji Telefilms production company but it was Ekta Kapoor who took it forward.
Ekta Kapoor started her career as a writer, director and producer at the age of just 19 and the position she has reached today is not hidden from anyone. Let us give details about how Ekta Kapoor started her career and what is her net worth today.
Ekta Kapoor’s family background
Ekta Kapoor is the first child of Hindi cinema’s famous actor Jitendra, known as Jumping Jack, and Shobha Kapoor. Born on 7 June 1975 in Mumbai, Ekta Kapoor belongs to a Punjabi Hindu family. Ekta Kapoor has a younger brother Tusshar Kapoor who is a film actor and producer. Ekta Kapoor is now around 48 years old but she is still unmarried but she has become the mother of a son through surrogacy.
Early Career of Ekta Kapoor
At the age of just 17, Ekta Kapoor started her career as an intern with advertisement maker Kailash Surendranath. Two years later, Ekta Kapoor’s father Jitendra opened ‘Balaji Telefilms’ production company and made the first serial under this banner, ‘Hum Paanch’, which was a comedy serial. This serial was telecast on Zee TV and was a superhit serial of that time. After this, she made back to back serials and was successful.
How did Ekta Kapoor become the daily soap queen?
Ekta Kapoor started her career with ‘Hum Paanch’ and after that she made superhit serials like ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’, ‘Kahani Ghar Ghar Ki’, ‘Kasautii Zindagii Kay’, ‘Kahin Kisi Roz’, ‘Kis Desh Mein Hai Mera Dil’, ‘Kahin To Hoga’. It is said that between the year 2000 and the year 2008, many TV serials were aired on different channels of Ekta Kapoor which were superhits. Because of this, Ekta Kapoor also got the tag of Daily Soap Queen.
ekta kapoor net worth
Ekta Kapoor, who rules the TV industry, strongly believes in astrology. Apart from this, she has unwavering faith in Balaji and Durga Maa. Ekta Kapoor’s production company is ‘Balaji Telefilms’ which was started by her father but after this Ekta started an app named Alt Balaji in which adult content is available.
Apart from TV serials, Ekta Kapoor also invests money in films and reality shows. According to media reports, Ekta Kapoor currently has a net worth of around 95 crores to 100 crores. It is said that Ekta Kapoor earns more than 1 crore every month.