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Vidya Balan is an Indian actress known for her work in
Hindi films . She made her acting debut in 1995 with the sitcom
Hum Paanch , following which she made several unsuccessful attempts at a film career.
[1] Vidya then appeared in music videos for
Euphoria ,
Pankaj Udhas , and
Shubha Mudgal
[2]
[3] all directed by
Pradeep Sarkar . She had her first film release with a leading role in
Goutam Halder 's Bengali film
Bhalo Theko (2003).
[4] In 2005, she played the heroine in Sarkar's
Parineeta , an adaptation of
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay 's
novel of the same name .
[5] Vidya won the
Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for the film.
[6]
Rajkumar Hirani 's
Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), a successful comedy sequel, saw her play a radio jockey opposite
Sanjay Dutt .
[7]
[8]
Vidya had five releases in 2007. She played a variety of roles in them, including a woman suffering from
multiple sclerosis in
Mani Ratnam 's semi-biographical drama
Guru ,
[9] a single mother in the comedy
Heyy Babyy ,
[10] and a
dissociative identity disorder patient in the psychological thriller
Bhool Bhulaiyaa .
[11]
[12] All three films were commercially successful and established her as a leading lady.
[13] The following year, she starred opposite
Ajay Devgan in the drama
Halla Bol (2008) and
Shahid Kapoor in the romantic comedy
Kismat Konnection (2008), but both failed to find a wide audience.
[14]
From 2009 to 2012, Vidya starred in five consecutive films that garnered her critical and commercial success.
[15] She played the mother of a child afflicted with
progeria
[16] in the drama
Paa (2009), a seductive widow in the black comedy
Ishqiya (2010), and the real-life character of Sabrina Lal in the semi-biographical thriller
No One Killed Jessica (2011).
[17]
[18] For portraying the actress
Silk in the biopic
The Dirty Picture , Vidya won the
National Film Award for Best Actress .
[19]
[20] She next played a pregnant woman seeking revenge in
Kahaani (2012), a thriller directed by
Sujoy Ghosh .
[21] She was awarded the
Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her roles in Paa , The Dirty Picture , and Kahaani , and the
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for Ishqiya .
[22]
[23]
[24]
Vidya failed to replicate this success with her next few releases, although her performance in the thriller
Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh (2016) was praised.
[25]
[26] This changed in 2017 when she played a radio jockey in
Tumhari Sulu , for which she won another Best Actress Award at Filmfare.
[27]
[28] Her highest-grossing release came with the drama
Mission Mangal (2019).
[29] She has since starred in the
Amazon Prime Video streaming films
Shakuntala Devi (2020),
Sherni (2021), and
Jalsa (2022).
[30] She won another Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for playing an
Indian Forest Service officer in Sherni .
[31]
Films
Key
†
Denotes films that have not yet been released
All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.
Television
Music videos
See also
References
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