Vidya Balan worked in this TV serial
Vidya Balan is one of the most brilliant and talented actresses of Indian cinema. Today Vidya is celebrating her 46th birthday. She made her acting debut with the popular TV show ‘Hum Paanch’ and during this time she was only 16 years old. Its producer was Ekta Kapoor’s mother Shobha Kapoor. In this show, Vidya impressed the audience with her acting as well as many big filmmakers of the film world. So how did Vidya Balan enter the film world from television serials? Let’s take a look at his career on his birthday.
Vidya Balan’s birth
Vidya Balan was born on 1 January 1979 in Mumbai in a Tamil Brahmin family. However, his family is associated with Kerala. She is the youngest daughter of PR Balan and Saraswati. His elder sister’s name is Priya Balan. Vidya knows both Tamil and Malayalam languages. She is the cousin of popular actress Priya Mani.
Made debut on TV
Vidya Balan wanted to act from an early age. She was very inspired by the films of great actresses like Shabana Azmi, Sridevi and Madhuri Dixit and always wanted to make a career in acting. Vidya Balan started acting at the age of 16 with the show ‘Hum Paanch’. She played the role of Radhika in the show and was greatly liked by the audience. However, she left television because she wanted to work in films.
Vidya got the tag of being unlucky
Vidya Balan was cast in the lead role opposite Malayalam actor Mohanlal in the project ‘Chakram’ while pursuing her master’s degree from Mumbai University. During this period he was signed for more than 12 films. Due to production problems, ‘Chakram’ stopped after the first schedule and after this Vidya Balan was given the tag of ‘unlucky heroine’. And only one of his Malayalam films ‘Kalari Vikraman’ was completed and it failed after its release.
worked in advertisements
After failing to make a career in the South, Vidya decided to work in advertisements. Let us tell you that before getting a big role in cinema, he worked in more than 60 advertisements. During this time, he worked with filmmaker Pradeep Sarkar and from here the path to his Bollywood debut opened. In the year 2007, the film ‘Bhool Bhulaiya’ had left behind all the records of all the films at the box office that year. This film starred Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja and Akshay Kumar and proved to be a superhit at the box office.
Vidya Balan’s first break
Vidya Balan debuted in Bengali cinema with ‘Bhalo Theko’, and auditioned for ‘Parineeta’ on the recommendation of director Pradeep Sarkar. However, director Vidhu Vinod Chopra initially wanted to cast an older actress for the role of Lalita. Let us tell you that Vidya gave many auditions for the film, which lasted for six months and later, Chopra took her for the role of Lalita in the film, after which she never looked back.
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