Vidya Balan

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Vidya Balan

Date of Birth

: 1/1/1978

Place of Birth

: Palakkad, Kerala

Awards

: 2006: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Parineeta 2006: Star's Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine for Parineeta 2006: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female for Parineeta 2006: FairOne Filmfare Face of the Year for Parineeta 2006: Filmfare Best Debut Award for Parineeta 2006: Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut for Parineeta 2006: International Indian Film Academy Awards, Best Female Debut for Parineeta 2003: Anand Lok Puraskar Award, Best Actress for Bhalo Theko

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Biography : Vidya Balan (born January 1, 1978,sometimes1982 in Palakkad, Kerala) is an Indian actress based in Mumbai, India. Although born in Palakkad to Tamil Iyer parents in Kerala, 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. She speaks several languages including Tamil, Malayalam, English, Hindi, and Bengali.

Filmography : Vidya Balan, then Vidya Iyer, 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 in Tamil by Lingusamy for his 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 to Srikanth, on the grounds of 'non-performance' and 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, and acted in Hindi soap operas like Hum Paanch (sitcom). She portrayed the role of Radhika Mathur in few episodes of season 1 of Hum Paanch which was first aired in 1995. She was replaced by Amita Nangia at the end of the first season.There has been much speculation about her age as she is very reluctant to reveal the year of birth.

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