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Name: Vidya Balan
Profession: Actress
Date of Birth: January 1, 1978
Early life and background:
Vidya Balan was born in Palakkad, Kerala in a Tamil-speaking Iyer family,to P. R. Balan, who is the Vice President of ETC Channel and a housewife mother. She also has an older sister named Priya. In a video interview, she stated that she is "extremely spiritual", has a "firm faith in God" and visits temples every Thursday.
Gossip columnists have linked Vidya with many of her co-stars but she strongly denied the allegations, saying that they were "vile".
Priyamani , a Tamil actress who has won the National Award for the best actress -Paruthiveeran is Vidya Balan's cousin.
Early Career:
Vidya 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 has thus established herself as one of the most promising actresses of the industry.
Her movie career started when she was signed to appear in the Malayalam film Chakram , alongside superstar Mohanlal but the movie was shelved. After that, she was signed for a Tamil film, Run, but for reasons undisclosed, she was dropped after a first schedule and replaced by Meera Jasmine. When Chakram was restarted with Prithviraj in the lead, Meera Jasmine was chosen ahead of her again. She was dropped from her second Tamil movie Manasellam opposite Srikanth, on the grounds of 'non-performance' and was replaced by Trisha Krishnan.
She then turned to television advertising. From 1998 onwards, she appeared in numerous television ads, many of which were directed by Pradeep Sarkar. She also took supporting roles in music videos, appearing with singers and bands such as Euphoria, Shubha Mudgal, and Pankaj Udhas. Vidya Balan also portrayed the role of Radhika Mathur in a few episodes of the first season of Hum Paanch , but was later replaced by Amita Nangia at the end of the first season.
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