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]
† | Denotes films that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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2003 | Bhalo Theko | Anandi | Bengali film | [4] [32] |
2005 | Parineeta | Lalita | [6] [33] | |
2006 | Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Jhanvi Sahni | [34] | |
2007 | Guru | Meenakshi "Meenu" Gupta Saxena | [35] [36] | |
Salaam-e-Ishq | Tehzeeb Hussain Raina | [37] | ||
Eklavya: The Royal Guard | Rajjo Singh | [38] | ||
Heyy Babyy | Isha B. Sahni | [39] | ||
Bhool Bhulaiyaa | Avni Chaturvedi / Manjulika | [40] | ||
Om Shanti Om | Herself | Special appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi" | [41] [42] | |
2008 | Halla Bol | Sneha Khan | [43] | |
Kismat Konnection | Priya Saluja | [44] | ||
2009 | Paa | Dr. Vidya | [45] | |
2010 | Ishqiya | Krishna Verma | [46] [47] | |
2011 | No One Killed Jessica | Sabrina Lal | [18] | |
Urumi | Makkom / Bhoomi | Malayalam film; special appearance | [48] | |
Thank You | Divya Khurana | Cameo | [49] | |
Dum Maaro Dum | Mrs. Kamath | Cameo | [50] | |
The Dirty Picture | Reshma (Silk) | [19] [23] | ||
2012 | Kahaani | Vidya Venkatesan Bagchi | [24] [51] [52] | |
Ferrari Ki Sawaari | Unnamed | Special appearance in song "Mala Jau De" | [53] | |
2013 | Bombay Talkies | Herself | Special appearance in song "Apna Bombay Talkies" | [54] |
Ghanchakkar | Neetu Athray | [55] | ||
Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara! | Unnamed | Cameo | [56] | |
Mahabharat | Draupadi (voice) | Animated film | [57] | |
2014 | Shaadi Ke Side Effects | Trisha Mallik | [58] | |
Bobby Jasoos | Bilkis "Bobby" Ahmed | [59] | ||
2015 | Hamari Adhuri Kahani | Vasudha Prasad | [60] | |
2016 | Te3n | Sarita Sarkar | [61] | |
Ekk Albela | Geeta Bali | Marathi film; special appearance | [62] | |
Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh | Vidya Sinha / Durga Rani Singh | [63] | ||
2017 | Begum Jaan | Begum Jaan | [64] | |
Tumhari Sulu | Sulochana "Sulu" Dubey | [65] | ||
2018 | Amoli | Narrator | Documentary; English version | [66] |
2019 | NTR: Kathanayakudu | Basavatarakam | Telugu film | [67] |
NTR: Mahanayakudu | Basavatarakam | Telugu film | [68] | |
Nerkonda Paarvai | Kalyani Bharath | Tamil film; special appearance | [69] | |
Mission Mangal | Tara Shinde | [70] | ||
2020 | Natkhat | Surekha | Short film; also producer | [71] |
Shakuntala Devi | Shakuntala Devi | [72] | ||
2021 | Sherni | Vidya Vincent | [31] [73] | |
2022 | Jalsa | Maya Menon | [74] | |
2023 | Neeyat | Mira Rao | [75] | |
2024 | Do Aur Do Pyaar | Kavya | [76] | |
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3† | Manjulika | Filming | [77] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1995 | Hum Paanch | Radhika Mathur | [78] | |
2014 | No More Kamzor | Host | TV special | [79] |
Year | Title | Role | Performer(s) | Ref(s) |
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2002 | "Aana Meri Gully" | Bengali bride | Euphoria | [80] [81] [82] |
2002 | "Main Nashe Mein Hoon" | Bengali girl | Pankaj Udhas | [80] [83] |
2003 | "Kisson Ki Chadar" | Unknown | Shubha Mudgal | [80] [84] |
2011 | "Jaani Na" | Bengali wife | Chandrabindoo | [80] |
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