Vidya Balan has proved once again

Vidya Balan’s staggering start ‘Parineeta’ followed by Lage Raho Munna Bhai, created a mark in Bollywood with her beauty and performance.Later her movies failed at box office and hard work turned vain her good start.

However, things have been changed with ‘Ishqiya’ Vishal Bhardwaj’s film and her performance opposite Naseer was admirable, it was last year’s first hit. Fortunately she started this year with award winning performance in No One Killed Jessica, which was marked as a first hit of the 2011.

Beauty without performance may fade out and disappear but performance will remain. That has been proved once again by Vidya Balan.

Vidya Balan's passion is to collect saris

Everybody has a quirky passion and we have learned that Vidya Balan’s passion is to collect saris. The actress, who has sported many saris at various events and parties, owns at least 500 of them. Her enviable collection includes saris from various Indian designers and she takes care in making sure all of them are laid out well in her wardrobe.

She takes them out every month to make sure that they are being preserved well. Maybe Vidya should check out if there is a Guinness Book of records in owning saris. She could certainly compete as her passion is showing no signs of dying down.

Vidya Balan and Amitabh Bachchan joined hands once again

Vidya Balan and Amitabh Bachchan shared a terrific screen chemistry in the film ‘Paa’ where they played the role of a mother and son. And while that film went on to give ‘Auro’ his national award, the buzz is out that Vidya and Amitabh are teaming up again.

And yet again, they are not playing the romantic pair (which is surprising given that Amitabh has romanced younger lots like Tabu and Jiah Khan in ‘Cheeni Kum’ and ‘Nishabd’ respectively).

Well! Renowned Bengali director Rituparno Ghosh is all geared up to bring on celluloid the tale of Kabulliwallah penned by the Noble Award winner Rabindranath Tagore. Amitabh shall play the protagonist Kabulliwallah who woos the young girl Mini with his baadam pistas and akhroths. Vidya shall play the grow-up avatar of Mini.

Vidya Balan is pretty gung ho about this project as Kabulliwallah is one of her fav stories. Vidya often wonders what may have happened to the character of Mini post her marriage. This is, surely, a touching, moving tale of an old man and an inquisitive girl and deserves a celluloid immortality by the likes of great actors like Amitabh.

Vidya Balan in ABCL’s next venture ?

Vidya Balan is considered as a lucky mascot for the Bachchans’ production house and it is being rumoured that she may feature in their next venture too.

AB Corp Ltd’s “Paa”, which starred Vidya along with Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, not only received rave reviews, but also won four National Awards – best actor for Big B, best supporting actress for Arundhati Nag, best make up artist award for Christein Tinsley and Dominie Till and best Hindi film.

Vidya is also said to be one of the favourites of Jaya Bachchan. According to a source, when the two met at Shabana Azmi’s birthday party, they greeted each other warmly.

“At Shabana’s party, Jayaji hugged Vidya and was so glad to see her there. She is very fond of Vidya and considers her to be lucky for the production house since ‘Paa’ did extremely well,” said a source.

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Vidya Balan wants to act like Silk Smitha

The life of the late Silk Smitha is being made into a film. Vidhya Balan is donning her role. Vidhya Balan is practicing the hip shake dance to dance like Silk Smitha for a month’s time. Silk Smitha enticed the audience with her magnetic eyes. In 1980s there was never a film without her.

She had almost acted with every hero including Rajni and Kamal. Silk Smitha who entertained the audience encountered lots of personal life. There were rumors linking her with producers, actors and call sheet managers. One day she committed suicide.

Producer Ektha Kapoor has planned to produce her bio-pic in Hindi and South Indian languages. This film has been tentatively titled Dirty Picture. Many actresses were considered to do the role of Silk Smitha. Finally it was decided that Vidhya Balan would be suitable to do this role. Vidhya is taking training from a South Indian choreographer to dance like Smitha.

Producer Ektha Kapoor while speaking to the media said,” This film is not made keeping in glamour in mind. This film illustrates about the relationship between an actress and a producer. The talented actress Vidhya Balan will be suitable for the role of Silk Smitha. Director Milan Luthria and I have done a lot of research about Silk Smitha. The important factor of this film is dance. After confirming the hero, Vidhya Balan will be taking practice in dance.”

Jaya Bachchan feels Vidya luck for ABCL Coporation

The two recently met at Shabana Azmi’s party they greeted each other warmly, Jaya was all praise for the southern beauty & spent a considerable amount of time chatting with her.
Says sources, "At Shabana’s party Jayaji hugged Vidya and was so glad to see her there. She is very fond of Vidya and considers her to be lucky for the production house since PAA did extremely well. If sources are to be believed Vidya Balan may soon be signing on their next venture.

Vidya's a bound craftsman Prithiviraj

The film, a tri-lingual in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil, will be co-produced by Prithviraj. Urumi, made at a cost of Rs 20 crore, is perhaps the biggest pan-Indian multi-starrer in the making with a host of stars like Prithviraj, Prabhudeva, Genelia, Nithya Menon, Amol Gupte and Jagathy Sreekumar, besides 45 British actors and special appearances by Tabu, Vidya Balan and Vikram.

How did Urumi evolve and what made you turn producer? If there is a god in cinematography, it has to be Santosh Sivan! He weaves magic with the camera. This will be my third film with him. Santosh narrated the story of Urumi three years ago to me when I played the lead role in his Anandabhadram. Later, during the making of Raavanan, things started taking shape and finally, along with my friend Shaji Natesan, we joined hands as producers.

Vidya in a brand new powerful avatar

Vidya Balan may not be the hottest babe of tinsel town, but that she is a powerhouse of talent and an actor of substance, is one thing that everyone agrees on. The latest to be impressed by her charms is director Sujoy Ghosh of Jhankaar Beats fame who has reportedly signed the talented actress in the lead role of his next film, which will be a remake of Hollywood flick Kill Bill and Vidya will be enacting the role played by Hollywood actress Uma Thurman in the original flick.
Kill Bill is a revenge drama and it is a golden opportunity for Vidya to display her talents once again in the powerful role of a woman, who is betrayed by the people she trusts and then how she takes revenge from them. Her role also demands some action sequences from her. This will be the first time, Balan, who is known for her soft image on screen, will be seen doing stunts for a role.

Vidya is very excited about this new challenge and we are excited too to see her in a brand new powerful avataar!!

Vidya Balan signs for Sujoy Ghosh movie

After the debacle of his last venture Aladin, director Sujoy Ghosh is all set with his next venture titled Kahani. Unit sources inform that unlike his earlier films Jhankaar Beats and Home Delivery, this film is a woman oriented subject. It will be an issue based film.
As for the lead role, Sujoy Ghosh has already signed Vidya Balan. As the film is a woman oriented subject, “Sujoy was keen to have an actress who would do justice to the role and hence he chose Vidya Balan for the lead,” says our source.

The film is based in Kolkata and is expected to go on floors in Ocotber this year. Ghosh’s entire pre-production team is in Kolkata preparing for the film. However, everyone is very tightlipped about the entire project. “Sujoy has always been very hush hush about his movies. He does not like to talk about the film till he is completely satisfied with the shoot,” said the source.

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Vidya Balan refused the Mollywood

Vidya Balan’s plans of performing a complex Mohiniyattam dance for Santosh Sivan’s Malayalam film Urumi have been postponed due to her shoulder condition. The actress says she can’t dance until she is fully recovered otherwise she may have a life-long shoulder problem. "This has happened all because of my own stubbornness," said Vidya whose gym trainer had warned her against rigorous exercises.

"But I didn’t listen to him. Now I can’t dance until I am fully recovered. I still haven’t forgotten the impact of my classical number in Bhool Bhulaiyaa. The one in Santosh’s film would be far more sensuous and intricate."Vidya has a chronic shoulder condition which got aggravated after she insisted on going to the gym before it had healed completely. She has now had a relapse, leading to this excruciating pain.

"Now I’ve to wait out, I’ve no option. Otherwise I’ll have a life-long shoulder problem. I can’t wait to start rehearsing for Santosh Sivan’s dance number.

Though Vidya is a trained classical dancer, a Mohiniyattam guru has been specially hired by Sivan to teach her nuances of the dance form before she performs it for filming. Vidya’s training was to start this week. Her spirit and her feet are willing -- but the body is too weak to take the vigorous dancing. "I was in so much pain I couldn’t do any of the normal things, let alone dance," she said.

Speaking on the much talked-about item song, she said: "It’s more talked-about than actually performed. I was supposed to start preparing for it this week. Unfortunately I’ve been down with a painful shoulder condition for some time. And completely forbidden from doing anything strenuous."Vidya describes it as a fusion dance. "Since I was born in Kerala my family is so looking forward to my foray into Malayalam films. I thought a song is a very good place to start. Moreover, I totally admire Santosh Sivan’s work... who doesn’t?"

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Vidya’s fan following in Kolkata took everyone by surprise

Critically acclaimed actor Vidya Balan, who is currently in top form having seen two back to back successes with Paa and Ishqiya, is in Kolkata to shoot her next film Nobody Killed Jessica.
DNA has learnt that the actor’s vanity van was gheraoed by a group of at least 500 people, causing a lot of stress to the production house who feared for her safety. Additional security was called to provide a security cover for the actor.

“Vidya’s fan following in Kolkata took everyone by surprise. As soon as people found out that she was shooting in the vicinity, they crowded around her vanity van and refused to move until they caught a glimpse of her. It was a scary situation as we were thinking that she should not be harmed in any way. We understood that the people were fans but you never know. Some trouble makers could be a part of any big group,” says a source from the production house.

The informer adds, “We had to call in additional security because we just couldn’t get her out with the crowd outside her van. Her vanity was locked from inside and Vidya was communicating with the crowd from her window. As soon as the security came by and Vidya too explained to the people that she had to get out to work, the situation was brought under control.”

However, the shooting for the day was completely disrupted. “We were all ready on the sets when this crowd just accumulated from nowhere. We had to try for hours to get Vidya out of it. We lost some costly hours of production but Vidya made sure that she put in the extra hours so that we don’t run into losses,” ends the source.

Vidya Balan says no to Ram Gopal Varma’s film

The latest buzz has it that Vidya Balan said no to Ram Gopal Varma’s film. And apparently, she is not the only one who said no. The director is having a tough time getting a heroine for the film. Ramu is planning five films to be made by his assistant directors. The maverick director also plans to introduce a female director, Rumina, for the first time.
Our source said, “The film is called Shaque and as the title suggests, it is about the trouble that suspicion causes between married couples.
The plot is an engrossing drama like all Ramu films and he zeroed in on Vidya.
But she turned down the film.”
Apparently Ramu was also keen to have Sridevi on board. “Ramu had Sridevi in mind and wanted Shaque to be her comeback launch. But things did not fall into place here either,”said our source.
“He then approached Sahana Goswami but it was a no go here as well. Undaunted, Ramu has decided to still go ahead with his project and the hunt is on.”

Vidya Balan is really looking forward to the Jessica Lal’s project

Vidya Balan has got a tough job on hands, it seems. The actress, who is all set to play Jessica Lal’s sister Sabrina Lal in ‘No One Killed Jessica’, has been barred from taking cues from Sabrina to prepare for the same.

Don’t worry, there’s no political party or anything involved here, but filmmaker Gupta himself has decided to not let Balan meet Sabrina. Rajkumar, who is really looking forward to the project, wants Vidya to pull off the role in her own way.

According to a source, Gupta doesn’t want Vidya to meet Sabrina because he believes that she would then pick up the latter’s mannerisms and replicate Sabrina’s actions when filming. He wants her to do the role in a different manner.

‘No One Killed Jessica’ also stars actress Rani Mukerji in a very important role - that of a journalist on the lines of a firebrand reporter Barkha Dutt. However, Jessica Lal’s role will be played by a newcomer in the film. Grapevine has it that Kareena Kapoor had been approached for playing Jessica in the film, but the actress turned down the offer thinking that she would have had very little to do especially as the character gets murdered in the early part of the story.

Guess Vidya surely have to work really hard for it.

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Vishal Bhardwaj directed Ishqiya is due for release on 29th January

Maverick filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj hasn’t directed Ishqiya, but could the film have been churned out better had Vishal Bhardwaj himself directed it, instead of his protégé Abhishek Chaubey, who is debuting with this film?

This million dollar question was aptly put to rest by Vidya who plays the protagonist in Ishqiya, as she promptly replies, “It wouldn’t have been better or worse, but it would have been different. But Abhishek Chaubey has made a wonderful film.”

She continues, “Vishal’s interpretation and presentation would be different. So I don’t think I can compare at all. Though credit must go to Vishal that being a director himself and having co-written Ishqiya he didn’t interfere in the film. We have an opinion on everything, but Vishal had complete confidence in Abhishek. It is such a nice marriage of minds.”

The film is due for release on 29th January 2010.

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Ishqiya was passed on without any cuts with an ‘A’ certificate

Ishqiya with all its colourful expletives and sexually charged visuals was passed on Wednesday without any cuts with an ‘A’ certificate. A huge step forward for Hindi cinema which contains graphic language.

Says the film’s director Abhishek Choubey, “Frankly I expected I’d be asked for some kind of an explanation for the language and content and why they were necessary. I had gone prepared with dossiers on every graphic word and shot.

To my surprise I wasn’t asked for any explanation. I was given an ‘Adults’ certificate with no cuts at all. I guess it’s a sign of how far censorship has come in our country.”

The censor board apparently baulked at some of the gaalis. But finally saw reason.

Says the film’s director, “I never claimed the film was for children. The content is adult. So I’ve no problem with the ‘A’ certificate.I feel the profile of the audience is changing swiftly.”

Abhishek also hastens to add that the language is not as strong as people seem to think. “It’s not about creating shock value.It’s the way these people in the small North Indian towns live their life.”

Vidya Balan will traverse the path from sympathy to seduction

Vidya Balan will traverse the path from sympathy (’Paa’) to seduction ( ’Ishqiya’). Incidentally, she has reason to beam as R Balki and Abhishek Chaubey asserted that they had only her in mind when they conceived their ventures.

After her teary and restrained acting in ’Paa’, VB will be employing her sensual skills to seduce two thugs (Naseeruddin Shah, Arshad Warsi) in ’Ishqiya’.

The pristine aura of Balan is a thing of the past. Vidya has turned vile in ’ Ishqiya’. And it’s likely to pay off too…

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Vidya Balan in hot scene with Akshay Kumar in Bollywood movie

Vidya Balan in hot scene with Akshay Kumar in Bollywood movie. This hot scene is a kissing scene of Vidya with Akshay Kumar in the movie song. Vidya Balan is very hot actress and good looking actress of Bollywood.