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After directing Gajagamini with Madhuri Dixit and Meenaxi- A Tale Of Three Cities starring Tabu, renowned painter M. F. Husain is to direct a comedy with Vidya Balan, who apparently is his latest muse. However, when contacted, Vidya said that she hadn’t met the 94-year old artist yet and she will decide only after meeting him. She is however, keen on working with him.

The Indian artist, who some months back accepted the citizenship of Qatar, is presently doing a series of paintings on 100 years of Indian cinema besides work on Arabian and Indian civilisations.

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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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MF Husain is pretty gung ho over his new muse.
And this time the object of his obsession is a rather predictable one: Vidya Balan.
After seeing ‘Isqhiya’, the Qatar-based painter hasn’t stopped swooning over Balan. Reportedly, he’s considering crafting a film with her in the near future!
After reportedly viewing ‘Hum Aapke Hain Kaun’ more than 70 times, Husain went super nuts over Madhuri Dixit, prompting the tabloids to label him Madhuri Fida Husain. And she was his maiden film muse.
Madhuri was followed by Tabu and Amrita Rao, who also bagged the good fortune of catching his artistic fancy.
Guess it is Vidya’s turn now!

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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.

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Buzz is that Vidya Balan has been roped in by lyricist Gulzar for his next project. Reports say that Gulzar as well as his daughter Meghna are to direct a film each. Both of them are supposed to cast stunning Vidya in their flicks. Seems Gulzar Saab is much impressed by the actress who proved herself again in ‘Paa’ with her astounding performance.

Gulzar is all set to take the reins of director for the second time after Sunil Shetty-Tabu starrer ‘Hu Tu Tu’ and this time it will be a women-centric film. Gulzar, who has seen some parts of movie ‘Ishqiya’, was amazed with Vidya’s acting skills and billed her as “truly an outstanding actress”.

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Ever since she made her debut with Parineeta, Vidya Balan has worked with many a veteran filmmakers like Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Eklavya – The Royal Guard), Mani Ratnam (Guru), Priyadarshan (Bhool Bhulaiyaa), Raj Kumar Santoshi (Halla Bol) and Aziz Mirza (Kismat Konnection). Meanwhile, she has also worked with first time directors like Pradeep Sarkar (Parineeta) and Sajid Khan (Heyy Babyy) as well as one film old Raj Kumar Hirani (Lagey Raho Munnabhai) or Nikhil Advani (Salaam E Ishq).

Buzz up!
This is why, when she interacted with someone like Balki (who only has a Cheeni Kum behind him), what sort of change in approach did she see in them?