Vidya Balan Birthday: Vidya Balan, who started her acting career from TV, worked in more than one film in Bollywood, apart from this, she has also tried her hand in South films.
Happy Birthday Vidya Balan: Birthday girl Vidya Balan is celebrating her 44th birthday today. Today, the actress, who has created a special place in the hearts of the audience with her acting, was born on 1 January 1979 in Chembur, Mumbai in a Tamil family. Very few people know that Vidya wanted to make her career in the film industry from a young age. Vidya was inspired by actresses Shabana Azmi and Madhuri Dixit. At the age of only 16, Vidya Balan started her career with Ekta Kapoor’s show ‘Hum Paanch’ and her role of Radhika was highly appreciated by the audience.
Vidya Balan considered Madhuri Dixit as her idol
Vidya Balan saw Madhuri Dixit dancing in the film ‘Tezaab’ while studying in seventh class. From that time Vidya had thought that she would become an actress one day. Vidya started her career with the TV serial ‘Hum Paanch’. But Vidya wanted to make her career in films. After this she made several attempts in Malayalam and Tamil films but she was unsuccessful.
Why was Vidya Balan called wretched
During her initial struggle, she got an opportunity to work in the Malayalam film ‘Chakram’ with Mohanlal, the superstar of South Indian films. The actress felt that after this film her career would be back on track. At that time Vidya was on the seventh sky. Within six months, she had signed 12 films. However, unfortunately due to some differences between Mohanlal and the director of the film, the film was shelved midway and Vidya was blamed for the outcome. Because of this, she was thrown out of other films as well. According to the media reports that surfaced at that time, Vidya Balan was held responsible for the closure of this film. Not only this, she was also called wretched.
The actress once hated her body
Vidya Balan was trolled a lot for her body. After which she started hating her body. The actress had told, I started doubting myself. I have fought a long battle with my body. I was very angry and also hated my body. Her family supported her while making her mark in the entertainment industry. She got a lot of appreciation for her films ‘Kahaani’ and ‘The Dirty Picture’.