By Jilawatan

Patience pays. And Vidya Balan will vouch for this. Till a year ago, nothing was going her way as far as her public image was concerned. Everything from her choice of clothes to her weight was being criticised. But the 28-year-old actress turned into the flavour of the season last weekend when she took home the Best Actor Award — her first — for her performance as Auro’s mother in Paa, a film that revolves around a father-son relationship.

By Jilawatan

If you have noticed the latest glow on the face of Vidya Balan, it has come for a big price. Yes, you heard it right. The actress in a recent interview has revealed that she used to run at Juhu beach sometimes in the middle of the night in order to get in shape.

The actress, who has lost oodles of weight and gained in confidence, is gradually getting ready to unleash her sexier side. Though, her curves have become more dangerous than before but it’s yet to become a part of the big screen script.

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If you find Vidya Balan sporting a bright yellow sari with pink or blue flower prints on it, don’t be surprised! No, her fashion sense hasn’t gone a bit more awry; rather the actress has found a unique way to promote her forthcoming film ‘Ishqiya’.

Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Ishqiya’ has a rural backdrop where Vidya dons a complete deglamorised village belle avatar. She will be seen wearing loud colors in the film. As a part of promotions, Vidya has started the trend of being her reel self in real too. One look at Vidya’s pictures from social events and parties, and you know what she’s up to

By Jilawatan

After her hit movie ‘Paa’, Vidya Balan will be seen in a very different avtaar in her upcoming movie with Arshad Warsi and Naseeruddin Shah.

Vidya Balan has gone ahead this time and shot for a most balant come hither gesture she has ever seen any actress in Hindi cinema make til date. She was required to take Arshad Warsi’s thumb in her mouth and suck on it suggestively.

Vidya took countable number of takes to shoot the scene and each time she did si in reherals, Arshad would burst into uncontrollable giggles and everyone on the set would join him in so.

By Jilawatan

A similar story is brewing in the life of Vidya Balan. According to sources the actress is hunting for a new home in Bandra. This hot pursuit for property comes just before the release of her film ISHQIYA.

The source further adds, “Though Vidya is busy with the promotion of her film ISHQIYA, at the same time she’s hunting for a new address in Bandra. It seems the actress connects addresses with her films success.”

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If there is anyone in the film industry right now who loves to go Retro then it is surely Vidya Balan. Recently the actress went to the ‘Radio Mirchi’ event of ‘Purani Jeans’ programme to be a part in anchoring for the show as a promotional for her forth coming film’Ishqiya’. She was dressed in a sari with the desi touch and wore her hair loose and long with the look of a village belle. This is the same look she has sported in the film also starring veteran actor Naseerudin Shah and Arshad Warsi.

By Jilawatan

After playing mother to 63-year-old Amitabh Bachchan in Paa, Vidya Balan is now romancing veteran Naseeruddin Shah in her upcoming film Ishqiya and the actress is smitten by her much older co-star.

The actress who breaks away from her squeaky-clean image in the Abhishek Choubey film, says that Shah is not just an amazing actor, but also every woman’s dream come true.

“He(Shah) is a total charmer. He is an astounding actor, a great co-star. As a man, he is every woman’s dream come true, sensitive, a total charmer and what an amazing voice,” said Balan about her 59-year-old co-star in an interview to PTI.

By Jilawatan

One would surely wonder that what forces actress Vidya Balan to make back on back fashion disaster in the public events. In the past too, Vidya has been lashed out for her bad dressing sense post her ‘Kismat Connection’ release.

Vidya was left totally in tears when at an awards night Shah Rukh and Saif awarded the actress for being the worst dressed women of the industry. But even such incidents failed to improve her dressing style a bit.

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An avowed teetotaler, Vidya Balan had to play drunk for the song ‘Ibn Batuta’ in her upcoming film Ishqiya which marks for her a radical departure from the image of a demure, elegant woman Vidya has made for herself in B-town.

The song, canned last month, has all three, Vidya, Arshad Warsi and Naseeruddin Shah, carousing to the beats of Vishal Bharadwaj’s perky composition.

Pretending to be sloshed was one of the easiest things Vidya has had to do for ‘Ishqiya’. She mouthed desi, vulgar expletives and even shot a steamy scene with Arshad.

By Jilawatan

The last thing you expect of the demure and elegant Vidya Balan is to hear her say vulgar expletives, or play a cunning seductress, or worst still, drink and carouse. All this and more she will be seen doing in director Abhishek Choubey’s film Ishqiya.

Apprehensive at first, once Vidya got down to slipping into her character in the film, she had fun.