Bollywood Actress Vidhya Balan On The Cover Page of Hi! Blitz Magazine For The Month October 2013 Issue. Vidhya Balan Latest Hot Cover Page Scan of Hi! Blitz Magazine For The Month October 2013 Issue.Vidya Balan (born 1 January 1978) is an Indian actress. She has established a successful career in Hindi language films of Bollywood and is the recipient of one National Film Award, five Filmfare Awards, and five Screen Awards.
She is known for portraying strong female protagonists and has been
acknowledged in the media for breaking stereotypes of a Hindi film
heroine.Vidya Balan was born on 1 January 1978 in Ottapalam,
a town in the Palakkad District of Kerala, to P. R. Balan, currently the Executive Vice-President of Digicable,
and Saraswathy Balan, a homemaker.
According to Vidya, they speak a mix of Tamil and Malayalam at home; she is also well versed in Hindi, Marathi, English and Bengali.
Her elder sister, Priya Balan, works in the field of advertising.
Vidya grew up in the suburban neighbourhood of Chembur, Mumbai and was schooled at St. Anthony Girls' High School.
From a young age she aspired to a career in film and was inspired by the work of actors Shabana Azmi and Madhuri Dixit.
At the age of sixteen, she starred in the first season of Ekta Kapoor's sitcom Hum Paanch as Radhika, a bespectacled teenager.
Following the success of the show, Vidya refused director Anurag Basu's offer to star in a television soap opera, as she wanted to concentrate on a film career.
Her parents were supportive of her decision but encouraged her to complete her education first,
so she attended St. Xavier's College to pursue a bachelor's degree in sociology and later earned a master's degree from the University of Mumbai.
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