Vidya Balan has always been linked to her heroes. But once all her films release, the link ups too fade away. She has never declared her love for anyone openly. Or is it that Vidya is unable to keep them hooked to her?

This time Vidya got linked to her producer buddy. And now she smartly evades accepting being even friendly to Siddarth Roy Kapoor. “I wish my life was really happening and as colourful as painted by the media. To tell you frankly, my life is very dull. I am a plain Jane who is purely professional. Yet all work makes this Jane cheerful,” says Vidya.

Then what kind of relationship she shares with Siddarth Roy Kapoor? As the clichéd goes, is he ‘just a good friend’ or much more than that? “He is the producer of my latest released film ‘No One Killed Jessica’ and that’s all I know,” retorts the actress.

But this is the very first time she got linked up with a producer. Whom would she love to be linked up with if she is not friendly with Siddarth, as the beauty claims? This time Vidya tries to laugh it out saying, “Oh, I would love to be linked with Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) but no one did so! Also while working with Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi during ‘Ishqiya’ no one ever thought of linking me up with them. So it is nice. When the right time comes and I decide to mingle with the opposite sex, I shall let you guys know.”

That was diplomatically correct. Being in the industry for so long and having known all the workaround everywhere, Vidya has even learnt how to tackle the sensitive and controversial issues. “I was just fourteen when I had this crush on my sister’s friend. I would keep waiting for him to come and meet my sister. But one fine day I was damn depressed as he disclosed the fact that he was in love with her. My dreams of this mushy love were shattered altogether,” says Vidya trying to sideline the issue.

Talking about relationship Vidya turns philosophical and says, “We need to value people a lot irrespective of the way a person is related to us. One needs to learn to love and respect that person. Giving and sharing bring you closer to your beloved. Lesser expectations take your relationship to greater heights,” trying to steer clear from the Siddharth Kapoor question. But the actress doesn’t forget to send her message across to her alleged boyfriend as she turns the ambassador for the Earth Hour. She says, “If Siddarth Roy Kapoor follows my advice and keeps the lights off for one hour on the Earth Hour Day then probably I would like to declare my friendship to him.” Well, at least she accepts some interaction with him.

Taking the opportunity we immediately quiz her if there’s any special way she would like to make an appeal to Kapoor to which Vidya replies, “My appeal to him would be as normal as I am making an appeal to each one of you right now,” giving us a hint that she might not want to declare her friendship with Siddarth openly.

Having said that, Vidya lets us in on her growing up years. Reminiscing her childhood memories, she says, “I remember right from my childhood days I would not be allowed by my mom to keep the lights and fans on if no one would be there in the room. I am into this practice of not letting the AC, lights and fans switched on unnecessarily. While many of my friends don’t bother much, I don’t believe in wasting electricity.” Talking about being in the dark, Vidya suddenly turns romantic and says, “Without lights I obviously turn nostalgic and romantic.”

Will then she prefer being with Sid, we quiz? Vidya laughs aloud and replies with a straight “no”.

Vidya Blan, Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi will return as lead stars in a sequel to Ishqiya, Shemaroo and Vishal Bhardwaj announced on March 18.

According to the Mumbai Mirror, Abhishek Chaubey is being retained as the film’s director and is giving final touches to the script.

There is a talk of adding a couple of more actors to the lead cast.

Vishal Bahrdwaj will score the music, while Gulzar will pen the lyrics.

Filming is scheduled to begin mid 2011.

According to unconfirmed reports, the sequel is set in Mumbai, with Vidya Balan playing a bold urban woman willing to break social norms.

The original film, released in 2010, was set in the rustic region of Gorakhpur in UP. It revolved around three romantic personalities played by Warsi, Balan and Shah.

Balan played a potty mouthed scheming widow, two-timing an uncle and nephew duo of small-time crooks from Bhopal, played by Shah and Warsi.

Stellar performance by the three stars made the film a huge success; it was screened at prestigious international film festivals including the 34th Cairo International Film Festival.

Buzz is that Vidya Balan was replaced by Kangna Ranaut in Sanjay Dutt’s home production, Rascals, because she had dropped out of Double Dhamaal, in which she’d also been paired with Dutt, over the question of a price hike. The actress refutes the rumours: “I wasn’t even offered Rascals. How can I be replaced when I was never in the film? I’m very fond of Sanju (Dutt) and had he asked, I would have happily done his film.”

She admits that she was approached for the Dhamaal sequel, but things didn’t work out. “Director Indra Kumar has made some
memorable films and hopefully and he’ll come to me with a Beta (1992) or Raja (1995) soon,” she smiles.

Balan doesn’t believe her “no” to Double Dhamaal pushed Dutt into dropping her from Rascals. “Sanju is a professional and would not take something like this personally,” she retorts.

Ranaut is also said to have stepped in for Balan in Venus’ Bullet Train. “The dates didn’t work out. I had committed to Sujay Ghosh’s film that will be shot in October,” she says. “But Priyan sir (director Priyadarshan) and I did an ad recently, and all is well.”

Munnabhai 3 is likely to flag off next year with Dutt and Arshad Warsi. Will Balan be a part of the cast too? “This is news to me!” she exclaims. “I can’t imagine anyone, but Sanju and Arshad as Munna and Circuit. As far as I’m concerned, I have no clue.”

What about the Ishqiya sequel? “Is that happening? If it is, they better have me or I will take my screen role literally and shoot them down. ‘Abhishek (director Abhishek Chaubey) agar jaan pyaari hai, to mujhe film mein le lo’ (If you value your life, sign me),” she laughs. “That’s one sequel I’m looking forward to since we had such a blast making Ishqiya.”

Finally hot and sexy actress Mallika Sherawat nods to do a Bollywood venture after her busy schedules in Hollywood. Mallika has replaced Vidya Balan in the sequel of comedy film ‘Dhamaal’.

Vidya who was the first choice for the role was kicked out due to her rise in price demand and then the director Indra Kumar approached Mallika for the role who agreed to sign the film affordable price.

The birdies reveal that Arshad Warsi has also been replaced by Aftab Shivdasani in the sequel.

The film also features Sanjay Dutt, Jaaved Jaaferi, Ashish Chowdhary and Ritesh Deshmukh.

Mallika is right now waiting for the release of her upcoming Hollywood ventures ‘Hisss’ and ‘Love Barrack’.

Indra Kumar’s Dhamaal sequel is finally taking shape. The Sanjay Dutt, Ritesh Deshmukh, Arshad Warsi, Javed Jaffrey film has two new additions.

Vidya Balan and Kangna Ranuat are all set to join the cast as the leading ladies opposite Sanju and Ritesh. This would be the first time these girls would be working in the same film. Here’s hoping there are no catfights.

Meanwhile…

Finally the mystery behind Kangna Ranaut’s very different looks at each event is out.

She says, ” you know if I go to a party with my hair left loose, and then go to the ladies room and come out with my hair tied, people say, “OMG you look so different.”

I love that reaction. Some people fail to recognize me even. And that gives me such a high.”

Vidya Balan – The mesmerizing beauty has engrossed us with her beautiful smile and sensuous appeal. She rules our hearts with her unparallel acting and her latest release ISHQIYA has turned out to be the year’s first biggest blockbuster.

The gracious actress along with ‘Babban Husain’, Arshad Warsi recently unveiled the DVDs and VCDs of ISHQIYA, Shemaroo Entertainment home production. Hiren Gada Director, Shemaroo Entertainment, Atul Maru Joint – MD, Shemaroo Entertainment, Ketan Maru Co-Producer of the film were also present to grace the occasion.

Vidya Balan shares her thoughts about the movie, “ISHQIYA is a story that just needed to be told…. and the film in it self is an unforgettable experience for me.” She asks her audience to see the making and deleted scenes of the film, incorporated in ISHQIYA DVDs to catch up all the excitement behind the camera and some beautiful glimpses of the movie that were edited.

Hiren Gada, Director, Shemaroo Entertainment talks about the success story of the film, “We are overwhelmed with the success of ISHQIYA. It has not only managed to get good box office collection but also won loads of appreciation from critics. In fact, it is the grand success of the film that has called for this evening of celebration. We are extremely pleased to unveil the DVDs of ISHQIYA with the gorgeous actress Vidya Balan and the talented Arshad Warsi”.

Bolly’s star of the moment Vidya Balan had told t2 that her Krishna in Ishqiya was an Indianised femme fatale, one who could seduce without showing too much or trying too hard. A list of some irresistible desi femme fatales…

She managed to seduce us softly with her come-hither Lolita in Parineeta. She kissed Madhavan passionately in the rain in Guru. She was all desire in those scenes with Abhishek in Paa. In Ishqiya she was the woman in heat waiting to erupt, not melt, as she kissed Arshad Warsi with an intensity never seen before in Bollywood. Give us Vidya over the Mallikas and Malaikas any day, any night.

Vidya Balan will be seen in an ultra-sensuous and bold character named Krishna in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Ishqiya. The character is poles-apart from her shy Parineeta image. The actress has used abusive language, got drunk and locked lips with Arshad Warsi in the film and says she loved every bit of her character.

Vidya Balan exclaims with enthusiasm, “Somebody thought of casting me in this role after writing it which was a huge thrill for me. It feels nice to get a character like this for an actor like me who has a certain image. I must confess this was my finest role till date.”

She goes on to add, “I knew I could do it but I needed to get rid of my inhibitions. I wanted my character to look extremely comfortable even while using abusive language as if she has been doing it for ages. Normally in films women characters are not that well etched out. They are either black or white. Very few people are able to portray women in a grey shade. I loved the character because she is a very believable woman. A typical Indian woman who can play different roles. She is sometimes Kaali, Durga, Rambha and Saraswati. It is one of those rare experiences.”

Ishqiya has turned out to be the most anticipated movie of the year slated to release on 29 January, 2010.

Ever since the promo of Ishqiya aired on air, its raking tremendous response and the on-screen chemistry between the actors has become the talk of the town. A well-known off screen chemistry between Arshad Warsi and Vidya Balan has transformed beautifully on the screen which is quite evident from the Ishqiya promo.

Talking about their off-screen chemistry the funny man Arshad informs, “Vidya is a lovely human being, very warm and nice.” Arshad narrates an incident. “While we were shooting in Wai I would leave in the night to have dinner with my kids and come back by morning. So, my driver would drive in full speed so that I could be on time on the sets. However, Vidya would be scared of all this and would put ash-tilak on my forehead before I would leave for dinner.”

Arshad also fondly adds, “She is an amazing actress. A good human being in Vidya appeals first for me and then the beautiful actress in her which comes as a combo in the end.”

Ishqiya is slated to release on 29 January, 2010.

She certainly has no issues about it. While the promos are already looking steamy enough, Vidya Balan is sitting back and enjoying the turn of events. The lady has locked lips with Arshad Warsi in Abhishek Chaubey’s Ishqiya, and rubbishes the rumours of refusing the kissing scene. The actress who earlier had her screen moments with Saif Ali Khan and Madhavan says, “If I was not convinced to do the kissing scene I wouldn’t have done it. I am not at all ashamed of it as an actor. I have done it with all honesty.” However the Parineeta girl confesses that she was a bit hesitant while shooting it. “How can you be comfortable shooting a kissing scene when there is hundred pair of eyes watching you!” I had told Abhishek to have very few people on the sets on the day we shot the kissing scene. There was just Arshad, the director, the cameraman and a sound guy present on the sets at the time of the scene.” That’s smart! In the meantime, Arshad Warsi is quite kicked about his role in the film. Ask him if Babban will be as memorable as Circuit and he says, “I don’t know. I hadn’t thought that about Circuit too. It was a role that I did. It’s a nice character. I loved the story and more than that I loved the film’s and Abhishek Chaubey’s sensibility.” The cuts are great, and he sure had fun, “There is a bullet shot and freeze and next cut dono kabar main bethe huye hain. I like those kinds of films. This is good filmmaking. The guy says tumhari aakhri khwahish kya hai so the other one says ‘mujhe ek chutkula sunana hai,” he snatches moments from the film. As for the director, “Abhishek is so young and so good….but the sad part is that post this film he’ll risk being typecast.” We’ll see that. the film releases on January 29.