Vidya Balan

Date of Birth : 1 January 1982
Height : NA
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Mini Biography :
Vidya Balan, the Tamilian Iyer girl from Palghat (Kerala), grew up in Mumbai, did her early years of education at St. Antony’s School and later graduated in Sociology from St. Xavier’s College.

While she was doing her MA from Mumbai University, she got an offer in a Malayalam film titled ‘Chakram’ with Mohanlal. Unfortunately, the film was shelved mid-way because of some issues between the director and Mohanlal. Then Vidya had to wait for a few more years to make her movie debut.

In 1998, this elegant beauty started her career as a model in Surf Excel advertisement. Later she appeared in more than 25 ad films like Ponds, Bajaj etc. Before getting her big break in Bollywood, she acted in a few music videos with Euphoria, Shubha Mudgal, Pankaj Udhas etc. She was also seen in TV serials such as Ashok Pandit’s ‘Hanste Khelte’ and Ektaa Kapoor’s ‘Hum Paanch’ as well as a Bengali movie ‘Bhalo Theko’ with actor Joy Sengupta. She won the best actress award, ‘Anand Lok Puraskar’ for the movie in Kolkata.


Filmography :

  1. Delhi 6 (2008) (pre-production)
  2. Bollywood Blues (2007) (pre-production) (in negotiations)
  3. Lucky Charm (2008) (post-production)
  4. Halla Bol (2007)
  5. Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007)
  6. Heyy Babyy (2007)
  7. Eklavya (2007)
  8. Salaam-E-Ishq (2007)
  9. Guru (2007)
  10. Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006)
  11. Parineeta (2005)
  12. “Hum Paanch” (2000) TV Series
Nomination And Awards
Filmfare Awards
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
2006 Nominated Filmfare Award Best Actress
for: Parineeta (2005)

55th Filmfare Awards 2010 Winners

The 55th Annual Filmfare Awards has kick started at Yash Raj Studios, Mumbai. This time the starry night will honour movies released between 2009-10. Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan were cited as best actor and best actress respec

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Movie Review : Ishqiya

Director : Abhishek Chaubey Music : Vishal Bhardwaj Lyrics : Gulzar, Ajinkya Iyer Starring : Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi, Vidya Balan After Classic Westerns and Curry Westerns, the likes of Vishal Bharadwaj seem to have designed a desi sub-g

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Movie Review : Paa

Director : R. Balakrishnan (Balki) Producer: Sunil Manchanda Lyrics : Swanand Kirkire Music : Ilaiyaraja Cast : Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Vidya Balan, Paresh Rawal, Arundhati Naag The most awaited movie Amitabh Bachchan’s Paa is r

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Vidya Balan so impressed by Abhishek’s caring behaviour towards his father

Vidya Balan, who plays Amitabh Bachchan's mother in "Paa", was so impressed by Abhishek's caring behaviour towards his father during the shooting that she confesses she would like to have a son like Abhishek in real life. "I would prefer a son lik

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Vidya Balan in Sujoy Ghosh’s flick

Maybe, Vidya Balan hadn’t witnessed a successful endeavor in the previous years of career. But she is sure about striking gold with her upcoming flick ‘Paa’ that pairs her up with Abhishek Bacchan and Amitabh as well. Meanwhile, the actress

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Vidya Balan’s sister, Priyamani in Raavan

She is better known as the hot actress of film ‘Drona’ who donned bikini and dazed many down south. A national award winner Tamil actress and Vidya Balan’s cousin, Priyamani will soon make her Bollywood debut with Mani Ratnam’s movie Raavan.

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Vidya Balan vanishes in Cambridge

Vidya Balan proved to be more adventurous than her sedate image and serene personality suggest. Recently while shooting for Balki's Amitabh-Abhishek starrer Paa in Cambridge, Vidya simply disappeared into thin air! The crew returned to Mumbai with

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John replaced, Hurman Baweja in Bhansali’s Chenab Gandhi

John Abraham has replaced Hurman Baweja in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s production Chenab Gandhi to be directed by Vibhu Puri. But John’s girlfriend Bipasha Basu wants him out of the project. Reason? Vidya Balan plays John’s heroine. John and Vid

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Movie Review : Kismat Konnection

Kismat Konnection is one of the most awaited films this season and there is lots of hype surrounding it. However, it happens quite frequently that many hyped movies turn out to be big disappointments such as Tashan, Love Story 2050, Thoda Pyaar Thoda

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Vidya and Shahid : Just friends

After Bebo’s fascination with the letter ‘S’, Vidya too has fallen for the famous letter and it seems it does not stand for ‘size’ but ‘Shahid’. However, Vidya who had been denying reports of Shahid being anything more than just a fr

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