Vidya Balan In Black Dress

Vidya Balan Profile

Name - Vidya Balan

Date of Birth - January 1, 1982, Ottapalam, Kerala, India

Education - St. Antony's School and St. Xavier's College

Family - Father - P R Balan (Vice-President of ETC channel), Mother (House maker), Elder Sister.

City - Palghat, Kerala

Occupation - Bollywood actress and Fashion Model

Debut Film - Parineeta

Languages - Tamil, Hindi, English, Malayalam, Bengali

Official Website - http://www.vidyabalan.net

Vidya Balan Biography

Vidya Balan (born January 1, 1978)is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies.

Balan, who began her career starring in many music videos and soap operas, made her acting debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko (2003), for which she won critical acclaim, and had her Hindi film debut with Parineeta (2005), for which she received a Filmfare Best Debut Award. She received her first commercial success with Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), and thus has established herself as one of the most promising actresses in the industry.

Vidya Balan grew up in Mumbai and attended St. Anthony's Girls High School, St. Xavier's College, Bombay and later the University of Mumbai. She graduated from college with a sociology degree.

Balan's movie career started when she was signed to appear in the Malayalam film Chakram, alongside superstar Mohanlal but the movie was shelved. After that, she was signed for a Tamil film, Run, but for reasons undisclosed, she was dropped after a first schedule and replaced by Meera Jasmine. In the jinx driven industry, Vidya was dropped from her second Tamil movie "Manasellam" opposite Srikanth, on the grounds of 'non-performance' and was replaced by Trisha Krishnan.

She then turned to television advertising. From 1998 onwards, she appeared in numerous television ads, many of which were directed by Pradeep Sarkar. She also took supporting roles in music videos, appearing with singers and bands such as Euphoria, Shubha Mudgal, and Pankaj Udhas.Vidya also portrayed the role of Radhika Mathur in a few episodes of the first season of Hum Paanch, but was later replaced by Amita Nangia at the end of the first season.