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May 17, 2024 · Vidya Balan (born January 1, 1978, Palakkad, Kerala, India) is an Indian actress who overcame career setbacks to become an instrumental figure in the advancement of women’s roles in Bollywood, typically portraying strong female protagonists. Balan’s family moved to suburban Bombay (now Mumbai) when she was young.
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Vidya aspired to a career in film from a young age and had her first acting role in the 1995 sitcom Hum Paanch. While pursuing a master's degree in sociology from the University of Mumbai, she made several unsuccessful attempts
- Pioneering Women-Centric Films
- The Turning Point
- On How She Chooses Roles
- On Why She Chose to Become An Actor
Despite largely being a male-bastion, where over the years, male leads have typically been the centre of Hindi film narratives in India, there have been outliers like Smita Patil, Shabana Azmi, and Nandita Das to name a few. But in modern commercial Hindi cinema, it is perhaps Vidya who has played a pioneering role in shifting the focus from male-c...
Vidya started her film career in 2005 at the age of 26 with the Saif Ali Khan-starrer Parineeta based on the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel of the same name, where she essayed an author-backed central character. The film picked up several awards including Vidya bagging the Filmfare award for the best debut. Today, 15 years later, looking back at...
Vidya has recently essayed the role of mathematician Shakuntala Devi, popularly known as the ‘human computer’ in a biopic that will release later this month on Amazon Prime. Speaking of the role, she says, it is perhaps the most complicated and complex role she has played till date. So how does she pick her roles? “When it’s not easily decipherable...
It’s this same trait -- of getting “very easily” bored with everything -- that prompted her to pursue a career in acting. Had she not done that, she would never have had the opportunity to meet the “various parts” of herself at various points in time through her roles, Vidya says. As a deeply private person and a complete homebody, Vidya actually l...
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Jan 1, 2023 · The actor, through her filmography, has proven time and again that it’s high time female stars start owning the films they carry solely on their shoulders and take all the credit they deserve. Vidya broke out as a female star soon in her career, especially after her star-making turn in The Dirty Picture.
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Vidya Balan is an acclaimed Indian actress known for her versatile and compelling performances in the film industry. Born on January 1, 1979, in Palakkad, Kerala, she made her acting debut in the 2005 Malayalam film “Chakram” and soon gained recognition for her powerful acting skills.
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Mini Bio. Vidya was born in Palghat, Kerala, India. Her family consists of her dad, P.R. Balan, who is the Vice-President of ETC Channel; mom - a home-maker, and an elder sister, Priya, who is married to Kedar. She also has an aunt by the name of Raji Raju.
Jul 23, 2021 · Vidya Balan speaks about her time in the lockdown, how roles have evolved for women, social conditioning that perpetuates patriarchy and how OTT platforms have democratised content.
