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Vidya Balan is a Actor Indian born on 1 january 1978 at Ottapalam (Inde)
Vidya Balan (pronounced [ʋɪd̪jaː baːlən]; born 1 January 1978) is an Indian actress. She has established a career in Bollywood and is the recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards, and five Screen Awards, and was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2014. She is known for portraying strong female protagonists and has been acknowledged in the media for pioneering a change in the concept of a Hindi film heroine.
Vidya aspired to a career in film from a young age, and had her first acting role in the 1995 sitcom Hum Paanch. She pursued a master's degree in sociology from the University of Mumbai and simultaneously made several unsuccessful attempts to start a career in film. She subsequently featured in various television commercials and music videos, and in 2003 made her feature film debut as the protagonist of the independent Bengali drama Bhalo Theko. In 2005 Vidya garnered praise for her first Hindi film, the drama Parineeta, and followed it with a leading role in the highly successful 2006 comedy film Lage Raho Munna Bhai.
This initial success was followed by roles in the romantic comedies Heyy Babyy (2007) and Kismat Konnection (2008) which met with negative reviews. The year 2009 marked the beginning of the most successful period in Vidya's career as she portrayed five consecutive roles to wide critical acclaim in the 2009 drama Paa, the 2010 black comedy Ishqiya, the 2011 semi-biographical thriller No One Killed Jessica, the 2011 biopic The Dirty Picture, and the 2012 thriller Kahaani. These roles established her as a leading actress of Hindi cinema.
In addition to acting in films, Vidya promotes humanitarian causes and supports the empowerment of women. She initially drew criticism for her fluctuating weight and "questionable" dress sense, but was later credited in the media for "not morphing herself to fit into any conventional slot". She is married to the film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur.
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Vidya Balan
Nationality Inde
Birth 1 january 1978 (46 years) at Ottapalam (Inde)
Awards Padma Shri, Filmfare Awards
Birth 1 january 1978 (46 years) at Ottapalam (Inde)
Awards Padma Shri, Filmfare Awards
Vidya aspired to a career in film from a young age, and had her first acting role in the 1995 sitcom Hum Paanch. She pursued a master's degree in sociology from the University of Mumbai and simultaneously made several unsuccessful attempts to start a career in film. She subsequently featured in various television commercials and music videos, and in 2003 made her feature film debut as the protagonist of the independent Bengali drama Bhalo Theko. In 2005 Vidya garnered praise for her first Hindi film, the drama Parineeta, and followed it with a leading role in the highly successful 2006 comedy film Lage Raho Munna Bhai.
This initial success was followed by roles in the romantic comedies Heyy Babyy (2007) and Kismat Konnection (2008) which met with negative reviews. The year 2009 marked the beginning of the most successful period in Vidya's career as she portrayed five consecutive roles to wide critical acclaim in the 2009 drama Paa, the 2010 black comedy Ishqiya, the 2011 semi-biographical thriller No One Killed Jessica, the 2011 biopic The Dirty Picture, and the 2012 thriller Kahaani. These roles established her as a leading actress of Hindi cinema.
In addition to acting in films, Vidya promotes humanitarian causes and supports the empowerment of women. She initially drew criticism for her fluctuating weight and "questionable" dress sense, but was later credited in the media for "not morphing herself to fit into any conventional slot". She is married to the film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur.
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Ghayal Once Again (2016)
Directed by Sunny Deol, Rahul Rawail
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Sunny Deol, Om Puri, Murali Sharma, Prachi Desai, Dharmendra, Vidya Balan
Rating61%
The film will take-off from where the first version left off.
Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2015)
, 2h9Directed by Mohit Suri
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, Rajkummar Rao, Sara Khan, Madhurima Tuli, Suhasini Mulay
Roles Vasudha Prasad
Rating66%
The movie opens with a woman Vasudha (Vidya Balan) getting off from the bus. At 15 km before the Bastar district, she stumbles and falls down after walking a few steps. An elderly man, Hari, sees a psychiatrist about hallucinations of his wife. He is then recruited by his daughter-in-law, who takes him to his wife's funeral. There, he steals her ashes and leaves a diary for his son.
Shaadi Ke Side Effects (2014)
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Vidya Balan, Farhan Akhtar, Hariharan, Vir Das, Ram Kapoor, Gautami Gadgil Kapoor
Roles Trisha Roy
Rating56%
Siddharth (Farhan Akhtar) and Trisha (Vidya Balan) are a happily married couple until Trisha gets pregnant and things start getting complicated. Sid is not ready for a baby as he is just a struggling music composer, yet lies to Trisha. On his friends' advice, Sid starts reading pregnancy books and following Trisha's daily routine by putting a balloon in his shirt. Finally, Trisha gives birth to a baby girl and starts devoting all her time to the baby. Trisha's mother (Rati Agnihotri) feels that Sid is a careless person and can not take this responsibility, at which Sid makes a desperate attempt to behave like a family man but fails, as on one occasion he takes his baby for a walk but forgets her in the market. Frustrated, Sid ask for help from Trisha's brother-in-law Ranveer (Ram Kapoor), who is a typical family man. Ranveer reveals to him that when he gets frustrated, he makes a business trip excuse and stays in a hotel room to enjoy his life as a bachelor. Sid takes on his idea and starts staying in a hotel, with the excuse of working overnight in studio. But soon he has to cut down his idea, due to an added expense at home as Trisha decides to hire an expensive governess (Ila Arun). Sid, then, without telling Trisha, goes for a cheaper solution by shifting to a shared PG along with Manav (Vir Das), a dope-head bachelor. Sid takes Manav's advice and starts living a carefree life.
Bobby Jasoos (2014)
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Action
Actors Vidya Balan, Ali Fazal, Anupriya Kapoor, Arjan Bajwa, Supriya Pathak, Tanvi Azmi
Roles Bobby
Rating55%
Living in a middle class orthodox family of Old Hyderabad, Bilqis Ahmed aka Bobby (Vidya Balan) is a wannabe private detective. To pursue her passion of spying, Bobby solves petty neighbourhood cases. Such as helping Tasawur (Ali Fazal) a TV show host, to get rid of marriage proposals brought home by his parents. Bobby finally gets her big break when a rich NRI Anees Khan (Kiran Kumar) hands her a case of finding two missing girls named 'Nilofer' and 'Amna' with a birth mark on their hand and shoulder, respectively. To solve the case, Bobby takes up many get-ups such as 'beggar', 'peon', 'hawker', 'nerd student', 'astrologer' and even a fake ' TV producer'. After locating the targets, Khan pays her a tremendous fee and also offers huge amount of money to both girl's fathers for reasons unknown to Bobby. Khan also hands over his 3rd and final case of finding a boy with a missing toe named 'Ali'.
Bombay Talkies (2013)
, 2h8Directed by Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, Anurag Kashyap
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Bollywood, LGBT-related film
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Katrina Kaif, Rani Mukherjee, Randeep Hooda, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Roles Herself (uncredited)
Rating65%
Directed by Karan Johar
Ghanchakkar (2013)
Directed by Rajkumar Gupta
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Emraan Hashmi, Vidya Balan, Rajesh Sharma, Namit Das, Parvin Dabas
Roles Neetu Athray
Rating58%
Sanjay (Emraan Hashmi) is a master safe cracker who maintains a casual lifestyle with his wife Neetu (Vidya Balan). He is offered the chance to assist with a bank robbery alongside two criminals, Pandit and Idris. The heist, if successful, will ensure that he never has to worry about money again, so he accepts the offer. The three thieves make off with 350 million rupees. While his associates lie low until the heat dies down, Sanjay hides the money, but when Pandit and Idris return for their share, they find that Sanjay has apparently lost his memory. To make sure they're not being cheated, the two move in with Sanjay until his memory returns.
, 2h32Directed by Milan Luthria
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Akshay Kumar, Imran Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonali Bendre, Shahid Kapoor, Mahesh Manjrekar
Rating44%
The film begins where its predecessor ended, with reigning don Shoaib Khan (Akshay Kumar) earning respect after assassinating his mentor, Sultan Mirza (Ajay Devgn). Twelve years later he is still a charismatic, suave womaniser, who has extended his empire to the Mideast. Khan's only friends are Javed (Sarfaraz Khan) (who oversees his illegal work), his former love Mumtaz (Sonali Bendre), and Aslam (Imran Khan), a teenager Khan met during a visit to the slums in which he grew up.
Mahabharat (2013)
, 2h5Origin Inde
Genres Action, Adventure, Historical, Animation
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about religion, Mythologie hindoue
Actors Amitabh Bachchan, Ajay Devgn, Vidya Balan, Shatrughan Sinha, Sunny Deol, Anil Kapoor
Roles Draupadi (voice)
Rating53%
Le film, suivant l'intrigue de l'épopée, relate le conflit entre deux grandes familles, les Pândava et les Kaurava.
Ferrari Ki Sawaari (2012)
, 2h26Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Sharman Joshi, Boman Irani, Paresh Rawal, Vidya Balan, Achyut Potdar
Roles Special Appearance in Song "Mala Jau De"
Rating63%
A little boy, Kayo (Ritvik Sahore) thinks of nothing but playing cricket. His father, Rusy (Sharman Joshi), thinks of nothing but his little boy. To fulfill his son's dream of playing at the Lord's Cricket Ground, the honest and upright Rusy performs his first small act of dishonesty: he borrows the gleaming red Ferrari owned by Sachin Tendulkar, for one day. The only problem is he doesn't inform its legendary owner. A wild, breathless, bumpy ride begins, a ride that leads to a menagerie of amazing characters: a wedding planner who'll stop at nothing, a Laurel-and-Hardyesque pair of loyal attendants, a greedy politician and his reckless son and a mechanic who specializes in stolen cars. As the Ferrari zooms through this chaotic world of street-thugs and mass-weddings, another saga unfolds – a grumpy old man and his secret wounds, and an epic rivalry that goes back thirty-eight years.
Kahaani (2012)
, 2h2Directed by Sujoy Ghosh
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Feminist films, Pregnancy films, Films about music and musicians, Politique, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Political films, Bollywood
Actors Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indraneil Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee
Roles Vidya Bagchi
Rating80%
A poison-gas attack on a Kolkata Metro Rail compartment kills the passengers on board. Two years later Vidya Bagchi (Vidya Balan), a pregnant software engineer, arrives in Kolkata from London during the Durga Puja festivities in search of her missing husband, Arnab Bagchi. A police officer, Satyoki "Rana" Sinha (Parambrata Chatterjee), offers to help. Although Vidya claims that Arnab went to Kolkata on an assignment for the National Data Center (NDC), initial investigations suggest that no such person was employed by the NDC.
Thank You (2011)
, 1h10Directed by John Ford, Anees Bazmee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors George O'Brien, Alec B. Francis, Akshay Kumar, Jacqueline Logan, Bobby Deol, Sonam Kapoor
Roles Cameo
Rating52%
Dum Maaro Dum (2011)
, 2h10Directed by Rohan Sippy
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Abhishek Bachchan, Bipasha Basu, Rana Daggubati, Aditya Pancholi, Prateik Babbar, Govind Namdev
Roles Cameo as Mrs Kamath
Rating61%
The film starts with a footballer, Lorry (Prateik Babbar), who gets admission into an American college. Due to insufficient funds, he is unable to fulfill his dream. On the other hand his girlfriend Tani (Anaitha Nair) got a scholarship to US. Though he is happy for his girlfriend's achievement, he becomes depressed for not fulfilling his own dream. His friend, Ricky (Gulshan Devaiah), tells him that he can get him into the college, but Lorry will have to smuggle drugs along with him. Lorry agrees and at the airport, successfully passes the X-ray machine.
No One Killed Jessica (2011)
, 2h16Directed by Rajkumar Gupta
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Rani Mukherjee, Vidya Balan, Yogendra Tiku, Rajesh Sharma, Neil Bhoopalam, Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub
Roles Sabrina Lal
Rating71%
Ce film s'inspire de l'histoire vraie du meurtre de Jessica Lall, tuée d'une balle dans la tête en pleine soirée people à Delhi, le 29 avril 1999 pour la seule raison qu'elle refusa de servir un verre au fils d'un politicien. Malgré les 12 témoins, l'énergie de Sabrina, la sœur de Jessica pour obtenir justice et après 7 ans de procès, le meurtrier, Manu Sharma est acquitté. Les témoins qui étaient tout d'abord prêts à témoigner vont progressivement retourner leur veste et être incapables de reconnaitre Manu comme l'auteur du coup de feu. Cette injustice criante interpelle la presse et le Times of India titre alors en février 2006 "No One Killed Jessica". A la même époque, sort le film, Rang de Basanti (à voir aussi), qui appelle le citoyen à ne pas se laisser faire devant les puissants corrompus et encourage chacun, individuellement, à agir pour changer le système.
The Dirty Picture (2011)
, 2h24Directed by Milan Luthria
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Vidya Balan, Naseeruddin Shah, Tusshar Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi, Imran Hasnee, Anju Mahendru
Roles Reshma / Silk
Rating65%
Reshma (Vidya Balan) is running away from her house to Chennai, a day before her marriage. She is insulted by the casting director for being unattractive and useless after trying to get a role in a film. Determined to convince him she spontaneously grabs the role of a side dancer. However, she dances with whips and using erotic movements which annoys the film's director, Abraham (Emraan Hashmi). He edits out Reshma's entire dance sequence from the film. The film fails at the box office much to the dismay of the producer Selva Ganesh (Rajesh Sharma), who later offers Reshma a song in his upcoming film, and suggests that she now be referred to as "Silk".
, 2h55Directed by Priyadarshan
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Mohanlal, Mukesh, Raai Laxmi, Vidya Balan, Shakti Kapoor, Karthika Menon
Rating56%
P. Madhavan Nair (Mohanlal) is a middle-aged man who has come to toil in the deserts of the Middle East to fulfil his responsibilities to his family of two younger sisters who must be married, and a father whose debt has to be paid. He has neither found the time to get married nor to have a life of his own.