‘ I’m not trying to be Rekha’ : Vidya Balan

February 25th, 2010

By Jilawatan

b_10042Two back-to-back critical and commercial successes and Vidya Balan is literally spoilt with all the appreciation coming her way. While some have marvelled at her effortless reinvention, others have insisted that she has carved a space for herself after busting the myth of power and beauty being strange bed-fellows in recent Hindi cinema. Vidya is slowly inching towards a zone that was earlier reserved for an actor like Rekha!

They call me raunchy now: Vidya Balan

February 21st, 2010

By Jilawatan

vidya_balan_paa_still_2She 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.

Has Vidya Balan really signed Gulzar’s next?

January 22nd, 2010

By Jilawatan

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Close to a decade and a half after his last directorial effort HU TU TU (Tabu, Nana Patekar, Suneil Shetty), there are talks that acclaimed film maker Gulzar would be returning to wielding the megaphone once again for a film with Vidya Balan being the central protagonist. With decades of experience behind him and some author backed characters that he has lent to veteran actors like Hema Malini, Jaya Bhaduri and Rekha in the past, Gulzar has seemingly set his eyes on Vidya Balan who is pretty much in the same league as far as an actor with a substance is concerned.

Hema Malini and Vidya Balan eclipse Eclipses

August 9th, 2008

The entire media which waited with bated breath for Hema Malini and Vidya Balan to turn up at the press conference organised by the Chennai-based The Indian Vegetarian Congress to champion the cause of vegetarianism and announce its plans to celebrate its golden jubilee on August 23 at the NCPA was disappointed when both the Tamilians did not turn up at the event  because of the eclipse Besides Kamal Kumar Barjatya of the Rajshris, who is in the Panel of the Congress, It was Liza Malik who proved to be the saving grace of the event by turning up at the event since she has given up eating non vegetarian stuff and turned a vegetarian .Kamal Kumar Barjatya declared that Ramdevi Maharaj who is the brand ambassador of the event, will give away awards to exemplary vegetarians in various walks of life.