Vidya is a night bird! Before coming to any wrong conclusions we need to clarify that Vidya just loves shooting for schedules kept during the night time. “Vidya feels that a energy levels are high during the night rather than in the day. During the day the heat saps her making her energy levels go down. She likes shooting in the nights,” said a close freind of the actress.

Being energetic, Vidya has the units in splits. “She keeps the unit awake with her sense of humour. It keeps them hooked to work. Vidya is her chirpiest in the night,” said the friend.

After Amrita Rao, now it’s baby Vidya who is desperately trying to change her looks and probably image also. And folks, what could have been better for Vidya Balan than to follow the fashion statement of stars like Saif Ali, Aamir and King Khan.

Yes, we are aptly talking about Vidya opting for a tattoo tale for her silky skin. Roaming around in the alleys of tinsel town all alone, the senorita has already gone crazy for attention and her heart is aching of pumping only blood and no adrenalin for affected affection. You know what we mean!

Shah Rukh Khan is in the lookout for a lead actress for his next film. To be directed by Priyadarshan, the film will have SRK playing himself. Irfan Khan is also supposed to play a crucial role. According to the grapevine, Rani Mukerji and Vidya Balan are strong contenders for the role. While Shah Rukh has delivered quite a few hits with Rani, Priyadarshan swears by Vidya’s talent. That’s one reason why the selection procedure has turned out to be such an ordeal for the actor-director duo. The yet-untitled film will be produced under SRK’s Red Chillies Entertainment and will be a first for him with Priyadarshan. Shooting is set to commence by April 2008 as the latter wants to wrap up his film with Akshay Kumar, Mere Baap Pehle Aap, by then. Who will emerge victorious in this battle, we wonder.

At last, the cast of Idiots has been finalised. Aamir Khan, Kareena Kapoor and Vidya Balan have signed on for the Raj Kumar Hirani flick based on Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone. It is the first time the trio will come together on screen. What’s more interesting is Kareena and Vidya have agreed to share screen space despite their common aversion to each other. Wasn’t Balan allegedly one of the reasons for the Shahid-Kareena split?

Rakhi Sawant has whole heartedly welcomed her second guest Vidya Balan and Vidya too is impressed with her new avatar. Rakhi’s simple, witty and straight forward questions have impressed Vidya so much that she cannot stop raving her new image. “I really like Rakhi for the way she has made a place for herself. No one else is quite like her. She has marketed herself as an extremely unique entity. I think it’s truly admirable,” Vidya said.

While the industry is abuzz speculating on the chemistry between Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, off-screen and onscreen (in Guru), someone else from the cast of Guru is basking in the glory of all the sizzle in the film. No it’s not Mallika Sherawat but the striking Vidya Balan.

Right from Parineeta to Lage Raho Munnabhai, we have known Vidya Balan as the beautiful girl-next-door. But her traditional girl image might change with her next film Guru where she has a smooch scene. She has a lip-lock with R. Madhavan in the film.

First she was linked with John Abraham during “Salaam-e-Ishq” and now she is being attached to her “Heyy Babyy” and “Bhool Bhulaiyaa” co-star Akshay Kumar.

But Vidya Balan, who is looking for her Mr. Right, is unfazed and rues about the scarcity of eligible bachelors in filmdom.

“Yes, I’m young and single and most certainly looking forward to being in love. Unfortunately, both John and Akshay are attached. And that creates an embarrassment more for them than for me. So that’s that…

“Come to think of it, where are the eligible single guys in our industry? I’ll have to look elsewhere,” Vidya told IANS.

The latest is that Vidya Balan has walked out of a David Dhawan film.

A source has reportedly said, “Vidya is not doing UTV’s ‘Hook Ya Crook’. Vidya felt that after ‘Salaam-E-Ishq’, she and John needed to do a film which had substantial roles for both. She had reservations as Dhawan’s heroines don’t have much to do except sing, dance and look glamorous. She voiced her concern to the director who promised to make changes in her role. Vidya wants to do more women-oriented roles. As she didn’t want to upset David, she quietly opted out though the producer and David are insisting that Vidya is still doing it.”

Vidya Balan ditched Sooraj Barjatya at the last minute. This may sound shocking but it is actually true! Rajshri Productions’ Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi was to star Vidya Balan in the lead opposite Bobby Deol originally. But now the November 7th releasing film has Eesha Koppikar along with Sonu Sood playing the main lead. So what went wrong?

After bagging the IIFA award for the best male/female debut category, newcomers Shiney Ahuja and Vidya Balan are gearing up to showcase their talent together onscreen. They are teaming up for Priyadarshan’s next ‘Untitled’ film, which also has Akshay Kumar. The film is a remake of the super hit Tamil film CHANDRAMUKHI and will be produced by T-series. Shiney and Vidya play a couple hailing from a royal family set in Rajasthan. Vidya plays a Kathak dancer with a split personality disorder. The film rolls next year. Incidentally she is a trained classical dancer in real life. Reportedly Vidya had turned down Sudhir Mishra’s BAHUT NIKLE MERE ARMAAN with Shiney Ahuja earlier.