Vidya Balan (Malayalam: വിദ്യ ബാലന്, Tamil: வித்யா பாலன், Hindi: विद्या बालन); (born 1 January 1978) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Balan, who began her career starring in many music videos, soap operas and many commercials, made her acting debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko (2003), for which she won critical acclaim. She later made her Hindi film debut with Parineeta (2005), for which she received a Filmfare Best Fema...
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Vidya Balan (Malayalam: വിദ്യ ബാലന്, Tamil: வித்யா பாலன், Hindi: विद्या बालन); (born 1 January 1978) is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Balan, who began her career starring in many music videos, soap operas and many commercials, made her acting debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko (2003), for which she won critical acclaim. She later made her Hindi film debut with Parineeta (2005), for which she received a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, and received her first commercial success with Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006).
Vidya Balan was born into an Iyer Family at Palakkad, Kerala to P. R. Balan (Vice President of ETC Channel) and a housewife mother. Vidya also has an elder sister named Priya. In a video interview, she stated that she is "extremely spiritual", and visits temple every Friday.
Her movie career started when she was signed to appear in the Malayalam film Chakram, alongside Mohanlal but the movie was shelved. After that, she was signed for...
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