She was Born on January 1, 1982 in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Vidya was belong to a middle class family she get her early education from St Antony's School and then she joined St Xavier's College, where she completed her graduation in sociology.
After her graduation ,When she was doing her MA from Mumbai University, she got offered for role in Malayalam film ' Chakram' . However, film didn’t materialise and Vidya’s dream is making it to the big screen got delayed by a couple of years. Then , she came on 1998 in modelling for the Surf Excel advertisement. After that she was not looking back and she appeared in more than 30 advertisement for famous brands such as Ponds, Bajaj etc. She was also done few music videos withEuphoria, Shubha Mudgal, Pankaj Udhas etc, then she came in television serials such as Hanste Khelte and Hum Paanch.
she also acted in a Bengali film 'Bhaalo Theko ' , Vidya also won the Best Actress award for this film. when she was in Mumbai between a pop concert where filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra offered her lead role in his movie Parineeta, that was directed by Pradeep . But verbal offer was not the final word, then she had to go through 40 screen shoot tests and 17 make-up shoots before, she bagged Parineeta.
she was also associated with AmFar (Americans For AIDS Research) & Hale House. She also involves hosting forums and participating in events throughout the year.
Now Vidya Balan is one of the most talked about names in Bollywood today. Today she done most popular films such as 'Dirty picture' ,Ishkiya etc.
After her graduation ,When she was doing her MA from Mumbai University, she got offered for role in Malayalam film ' Chakram' . However, film didn’t materialise and Vidya’s dream is making it to the big screen got delayed by a couple of years. Then , she came on 1998 in modelling for the Surf Excel advertisement. After that she was not looking back and she appeared in more than 30 advertisement for famous brands such as Ponds, Bajaj etc. She was also done few music videos withEuphoria, Shubha Mudgal, Pankaj Udhas etc, then she came in television serials such as Hanste Khelte and Hum Paanch.
she also acted in a Bengali film 'Bhaalo Theko ' , Vidya also won the Best Actress award for this film. when she was in Mumbai between a pop concert where filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra offered her lead role in his movie Parineeta, that was directed by Pradeep . But verbal offer was not the final word, then she had to go through 40 screen shoot tests and 17 make-up shoots before, she bagged Parineeta.
she was also associated with AmFar (Americans For AIDS Research) & Hale House. She also involves hosting forums and participating in events throughout the year.
Now Vidya Balan is one of the most talked about names in Bollywood today. Today she done most popular films such as 'Dirty picture' ,Ishkiya etc.
