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Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan who played son and mother in ‘Paa’ received the best actor and best actress award at the 55th filmfare awards on Saturday night. While Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s ‘3 Idiots’ won the best film awards and Rajkumar Hirani bagged the best director award for the same film.

Music composer AR Rahman won the best music director award for ‘Delhi 6’ and Mohit Chauhan who crooned Masakali won the best male singer. Singers Kavita Seth and Rekha Bhardwaj shared the female playback singer trophy. Kavita for ‘Ik Tara’ from ‘wake Up Sid’ and Rekha for ‘Genda Phool’ from Delhi 6.
Hosts Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan again made the evening funnier with their jokes. Actor Shahid Kapur gave a stunning performance. He paid tribute to pop singer Michael Jackson.

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She is the thinking man’s dream. Whether she plays the unwed mother, or locks lips with her co-star, or suggestively sucks a thumb, her dignity remains intact. And then a pretty face and a voluptuous figure do not hurt. Vidya Balan is on a roll.

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After superstars Amitabh Bachchan and Salman Khan, actress Vidya Balan has come out in defense of the Aamir Khan starrer 3 Idiots, saying that it does not encourage students to commit suicide.

“The film 3 Idiots gives out a message to the society that the rat race for higher grades has no meaning in life and the important thing is acquiring knowledge,” Balan who is in Indore to promote her film Ishqiya told reporters.
She said that suicide depicted in the film is not a “suggestion”, but a “reflection of the society”. Balan said that it is a matter of concern that large number of students commit suicide due to the pressure of studies.
“They end their lives at an age they should start dreaming about it,” she said.

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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.

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The 16th Annual Star Screen Awards 2009 was held at the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority grounds on Saturday, January 9, 2010. In an event attended by who’s who of Bollywood the winners of this years awards were announced. Superstar Amitabh Bachchan won the Best Actor (Male) for his performance in the movie Paa while Vidya Balan pocketed the Best Actor (Female) award for the same movie. 3 Idiots which has broken all the Box Office records of Bollywood was awarded the Best Film while Raj Kumar Hirani took home the Best Director Award.

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Superstar Rajinikanth was overwhelmed on seeing Vidya Balan in the movie ‘Paa”.The was enthralled with Vidya’s performance as much as his good friend Amitabh Bachchan in the film.

He watched the film at a special screening recently. The star who was reminded of his daughters said, “Vidya Balan very much resembles my daughters Aishwarya and Soundarya.”The actress seems to have made a place in Rajni’s heart.

Vidya, who belongs to South India, was initially about to make her film debut in Tamil Cinema. Well fate had something else in store for her; Vidya was replaced by another actress. Luck shines on the beautiful actress as she is now one of the most celebrated heroines in Bollywood.

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Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has plans to debut in Malayalam films. The actress, who is still being showered with praise for her role in ‘Paa’, is hoping to do a Malayalam film since she has quite many offers. All she needs is to be able to get some time out of her tight schedule to fit in a Malayalam film. She hopes to do at least one Malayalam film in 2010.

Meanwhile, she is gearing up for her first ever-negative role in ‘Ishqiya’ and is keeping her fingers crossed for it. She adds that it was a great experience playing Amitabh Bachchan’s mother in ‘Paa’.

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After playing an ideal mother in “Paa”, Vidya Balan says she is ready to surprise audiences with a completely different avatar in forthcoming movie “Ishqiya”. She will be seen as a conniving, scheming woman in Vishal Bharadwaj’s dark drama.

“For the first time I’ll be playing a woman who is conniving, scheming and in whom there is a sexual aggression,” Vidya told IANS in an interview.

“She is an aggressive person. She is someone who is unapologetic about her own choices. Bold is the word I’ll use for the lack of a better word. In the Indian context, she would be Rambha, Durga or Kali. She is someone who is dressed from top to toe but oozes sensuality,” the actress said.

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After playing a single mother to 67-year-old Amitabh Bachchan in ‘Paa’, Vidya Balan is set to scorch the big screen as the scheming seductress in Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Ishqiya’ which the actress believes is the most challenging role of her career.

Vidya will be seen with actors Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi in the film. Directed by debutant Abhishek Chaubhey, ‘Ishqiya’ is eyeing a January 29 release.

With her character of a scheming seductress igniting quite some heat within the industry circles way before the release, she must indeed be happy that the entire perception about her ‘holier than thou’ persona goes for a six in Bharadwaj production?