Name: Vidya Balan
Date of Birth: January 1, 1982
Sign: Capricorn
Religion: hindu
City: Palghat, Kerala
Country:
Siblings: older sister Priya
Marital status: single
Favorite clothes: saris
Favorite food: home-cooked
Her hero: Amitabh Bachchan
Her heroine: Madhuri Dixit
Likes: indian classical music
Education:
She started her schooling in St. Anthony’s
Print Ads:
Vidya’s first ad was Surf Excel in the year 1998. She did some 25 TV advertisements.
Music Videos:
She took a part in three music videos, with Pankaj Udhas, Euphoria and Shubha Mudgal.
Family:
Vidya was born in a middleclass family in Palakkad, on the border of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Originally her family belongs to Tamil Iyer community. But she grew up in Mumbai. Her father PR Balan is Vice President of ETC Channel and her mother, a homemaker. She also has an older sister, Priya, who is married. She is close to her brother-in-law as well.
Hobbies:
reading - all of Paulo Coelho’s books, listening to music and watching films
Occupation:
bollywood actress / fashion model
Debut Film: Bhaalo Theko (bangle), Parineeta (Hindi)
Languages: tamil, hindi, english, malayalam, Bengali
Awards: Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female, Parineeta (2005),
Filmfare Best Debut Award, Parineeta (2005)
Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut, Parineeta (2005)
IIFA Award Best Female Debut, Parineeta (2005)
Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow - Female, Parineeta (2005).
Vidya Balan Filmography
Bhool Bhulaiyaa ( Akshay Kumar, Vidya Balan, Shiney Ahuja, Amisha Patel, Paresh Rawal, Rajpal Yadav)
Heyy Babyy ( Akshay Kumar, Fardeen Khan, Ritesh Deshmukh, Vidya Balan)
Eklavya ( Amitabh Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Vidya Balan, Jackie Shroff, Boman Irani, Jimmy Shergill, Raima Sen, Sharmila Tagore)
Guru ( Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai, Mithun Chakraborty, Madhavan, Vidya Balan, Mallika Sherawat)
Salaam-e-Ishq ( Salman Khan, Priyanka Chopra, John Abraham, Vidya Balan, Akshaye Khanna, Ayesha Takia, Govinda, Shannon Esrechowitz, Anil Kapoor, Juhi Chawla, Sohail Khan)
Lage Raho Munnabhai ( Sanjay Dutt, Arshad Warsi, Boman Irani, Vidya Balan, Dia Mirza, Jimmy Shergill)
Parineeta ( Saif Ali Khan, Vidya Balan, Sanjay Dutt, Raima Sen)