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Vidya Balan is out of Inder Kumar’s next Dhamaal 2 . The buzz in the trade is that Vidya was neither too happy with the money she was being offered for her role, nor with the role per se. A source says, “Vidya asked for a price which she deserves after she catapulted to the top bracket of actors, post the success of Paa and Ishqiya . She asked for Rs 1.5 crore (approximately). Like any other actor would in her place, she too has hiked up her market price.”

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Critically acclaimed actor Vidya Balan, who is currently in top form having seen two back to back successes with Paa and Ishqiya, is in Kolkata to shoot her next film Nobody Killed Jessica.

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DNA has learnt that the actor’s vanity van was gheraoed by a group of at least 500 people, causing a lot of stress to the production house who feared for her safety. Additional security was called to provide a security cover for the actor.

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The back-to-back success of Paa and Ishqiya have shifted focus from Vidya Balan’s weight, challenged sense of style and love life to the prodigal histrionic talent that she packs.

Understandably, Balan is both pleased and relieved.

“I think I was trying to be someone else and trying to fit into a mould which people were not accepting. I’m grateful to those criticisms about my weight, dressing sense because I realized that I was trying to forcefully do something. I realized I just have to be myself,” she told DNA.

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When everything from her love life to her fashion sensibilities were dissected, one thing that no one could point their fingers at was Vidya Balan’s acting abilities. Considered by almost every film-maker as one of Bollywood’s finer actors, Vidya has only let her work do the talking.

The last two years of her acting career have been phenomenal as she has swept every award for her performances in films like Paa, in which she played Amitabh Bachchan’s mother and Ishqiya, where she was a conniving seductress.

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Karan Johar and Vidya Balan are the latest members of the film industry to become friends.

Apparently, Karan was very much impressed with Vidya’s performances in Paa and Ishqiya. The two have been meeting regularly, especially since Vidya’s house is right opposite Karan’s office.

Vidya also had dinner with Karan and his family at his house, for four hours. Karan admits that he wants to work with Vidya soon, but they are yet to finalise a script.

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After Madhuri Dixit, Tabu and Amrita Rao, MF Husain has found a new muse. The 94–year-old artist has reportedly watched Ishqiya (2010) 12 times already — he had earlier seen Dixit’s Hum Aapke Hain Kaun…! (1994) 70 times—and is fida over the gorgeous Vidya Balan. He wants to paint her and wants her in his next directorial venture.

The actress admits that they have spoken and Husain has been extremely generous with his compliments. “I was so overwhelmed when I heard this, I remember reading about him painting Madhuri years ago. And a painting by Husain saab would immortalise me, though I don’t know how to react to the word ‘gorgeous’,” Balan laughs.

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Vidya Balan, who made an award-winning debut in ‘Parineeta’, a movie that premiered at the IIFA weekend a few years ago, continued her magical journey with the event by landing the Best Actress award for ‘Paa’. Though she shared the award with Kareena Kapoor, Balan was overjoyed, but noticeably absent from the celebrations in Sri Lanka. Shlandra Bunseelall spoke to the powerhouse performer.

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After Madhuri Dixit ,its Vidya Balan, that the infamous MF Hussain is besotted with.
MF Hussain, who made “Gaja Gamini” especially for Madhuri Dixit, now wishes to work with the southern beauty Vidya Balan, who the painter/director is all praise for after having seen Ishqiya.

Reveals a source “MF Hussain is currently working on a script for Vidya. He was blown away with her performance in Ishqiya and has made up his mind up to work with her ever since. He thinks she’s the quintessential Indian beauty not to mention a powerhouse of talent”.

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It seems after Madhuri Dixit and Amrita Rao, it is desi girl, Vidya Balan’s turn to play the role of M.F.Hussain’s muse. Reportedly Hussain was mesmerized by Vidya’s individuality and dignity and impressed by her no-fuss natural beauty.

Apparently Hussain recently watched Vidya Balan’s super hit movie Ishqiya and was smitten by her “indianness”. According to him, Vidya epitomizes the perfect Indian ‘desi’ woman.