Actress Vidya Balan celebrates her 43rd birthday. National Award and Padma Shri awardee Vidya Balan is a very selective actress. Vidya Balan is an actor who has gained popularity through her bold characters.
- Jan 01, 2023, 11:06 AM IST
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Vidya Balan was born into a Tamil Brahmin family settled in Mumbai with roots in the Palakkad district of Kerala. Second daughter of PR Balan and Saraswati. Priya Balan is the sister of Vidya Balan. Vidya Balan is also the cousin of actress Priya Mani.
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Vidya Balan made her acting debut at the age of sixteen with Ekta Kapoor’s popular show Hum Panch. Vidya Balan played the role of a teenage girl named Radhika in the show. Vidya Balan left television shows and entered the film industry as she was interested in working in films.
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Vidya Balan got the chance to star opposite Mohanlal during her postgraduate studies in Sociology at Mumbai University. Directed by Lohita Das, the first schedule shooting has been completed. However, the film was shelved following the initial schedule due to production issues. Vidya Balan got the tag of ‘unfortunate heroine’. Kalari Vikraman was Vidya Balan’s completed Malayalam project, but it was not released.
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Later, Vidya Balan shifted her focus to the Tamil film industry. Soon offers came for some films including R Madhavan’s Run. But unexpectedly, they were dropped from the film. Instead, Meera Jasmine became the heroine.
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Vidya was also dropped from another project called Bala. She was contracted to play the female lead in Manassellam, but later the makers decided to replace her with Trisha. However, the film world later saw Vidya Balan becoming a great actress and playing different characters with her hard work.
