Vidya Balan, is a woman with a difference. She has carved a niche for herself and carried many films on her shoulder with her grit and great acting skills.
She had tasted huge success in the male dominated film industry with block buster films from Parineeta to Shakuntala Devi, Vidya Balan has had a successful 15-year journey in the Hindi film industry.
She may not have scored a century before, but with Mission Mangal, Vidya jumped straight into the Rs 200 crore club capturing a dominated position in the male bastion.
Vidya Balan has wowed audiences even on OTT release Shakuntala Devi, and now Jalsa.
When I started out in the Indian film industry, I had to hear a lot of these taanas. This was one of them.
Vidya Balan the one and only Consistent bankable star in Bollywood Cinema
In here twitter Vidya Balan wrote: I decided to stand my ground, keep asking the tough questions, and making changes slow and steady.
As a leading lady she dared to do roles that no would dare to. Her movie Dirty Picture was a daringly different and the audiences were awed by her courage to do such films and earn tremendous admiration from all quarters..
In the movie she played the seductive Silk Smitha on screen, and having no qualms to show off skin, Vidya made sure that even family audiences stepped in to watch this ‘dirty picture’.
That’s what helped me be a part of so many films that didn’t need a ‘male hero’. Things are still not perfect but we’re getting there, thanks to every woman who decided to find the right answers.