Vidya Balan Biography

Vidya Balan is a famous Bollywood actress who has acted in about 20 Hindi films. Other than acting in Hindi movies, she also acted in Malayalam and Bengali language films. Vidya Balan was born on January 1, 1978 to Keralite parents P. R. Balan and a housewife mother, Saraswathy. The hometown of Vidya is Ottapalam in Palakkad district in Kerala. She belongs to a Tamil speaking Iyer family in Palakkad.

His father is the Vice President of ETC Channel. She is familiar with various languages, namely Tamil, Malayalam, English, Hindi, and Bengali.

During the beginning of her student life, Vidya studied at St. Anthony Girls’ High School, Chembur, Mumbai. She did her graduation in Sociology from St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai. When she was pursuing her post graduation in Sociology from the University of Mumbai, she received her initial film offer.

On December 14, 2012, Vidya Balan married film producer Siddharth Roy Kapur at a temple in Chembur area, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The marriage was kept a secret till a few days before the actual dates of the marriage were announced by the couple.

Film Career of Vidya Balan

She began her career by hosting television programs, music videos and advertisements prior to receiving her first film offer in the Bengali film Bhalo Theko which released in 2003. The director of this film was Goutam Halder and it won her the Anandalok Puraskar Best Actress award.

She appeared in a number of music videos by well acclaimed groups and artists like Shubha Mudgal, Euphoria, and Pankaj Udhas. She also acted in one or two episodes of the popular Hindi sitcom Hum Paanch. The turning point in her career came when she acted in the Hindi film Parineeta in 2005. This film brought her huge success after which there was no looking back for Vidya. Then she acted in super hit films like Lage Raho Munna Bhai (released in 2006), Heyy Babyy, Guru, and Bhool Bhulaiyaa (all of them released in 2007).

2009 to 2011 was the golden period of Vidya’s career when she acted in films like Paa (2009), Ishqiya (2010), The Dirty Picture (2011), and No One Killed Jessica (2011).

Acting in these films helped Vidya create her base as one of the prominent modern-day actors of Bollywood. She received a number of honors and awards for playing these roles. Vidya is the winner of five Filmfare Awards including one for Best Actress – Critics and two for Best Actress, one National Film Award for Best Actress, and three successive Screen Awards for Best Actress.

According to reports in March 2012, Vidya is ready to act in Ghanchakkar, a production of UTV Motion Pictures. The film has Emraan Hashmi in the lead role and the director is Raj Kumar Gupta.

Awards and achievements by Vidya Balan

Given below is a list of the awards and achievements by Vidya Balan:

Filmfare Awards, National Film Awards, and Filmfare Critics Awards

Received Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for Parineeta in 2005
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Parineeta in 2005
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the film Bhool Bhulaiyaa in 2007
Received Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the Film Paa in 2009
Received Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress for the Film Ishqiya in 2010
She was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the Film Ishqiya in 2010
She was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the film No One Killed Jessica in 2011
She won the National Film Award for Best Actress for the film Dirty Picture in 2011.
She also won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for the film Dirty Picture in 2011.

Apsara Film and Television Producers Guild Awards

Received the award for Best Female Debut for Parineeta in 2006
She was nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role for Parineeta in 2006
She received Best Actress (Special Honour) for Paa in 2011
She received Best Actress award in a Leading Role for Ishqiya in 2011
She won Best Actress in a Leading Role award for The Dirty Picture in 2012

Screen Awards

Most Promising Newcomer – Female for Parineeta in 2006
Best Actress for Paa in 2010
She was nominated for Best Actress (Popular Choice) for Paa in 2010
She received Best Actress award for Ishqiya in 2011
She was nominated for Best Actress for No One Killed Jessica in 2012
She received for Best Actress for The Dirty Picture in 2012
She was nominated for Best Actress (Popular Choice) for The Dirty Picture in 2012

International Indian Film Academy Awards

Star Debut of the Year – Female Award for Parineeta in 2006
She was nominated as the Best Actress for Parineeta in 2006
She was nominated for the Best Actress for Lage Raho Munna Bhai in 2007
She was nominated for the Best Actress for Bhool Bhulaiyaa in 2008
She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress for Guru in 2008
She was nominated for Best Performance in a Negative Role for Bhool Bhulaiyaa in 2008
She received Best Actress (shared with Kareena Kapoor for 3 Idiots) for Paa in 2010
She was nominated for Best Actress for Ishqiya in 2011

Zee Cine Awards

She received Best Female Debut Award for Parineeta in 2006
She was nominated for Best Actor – Female Award for Parineeta in 2006
She was nominated for the Best Actor – Female Award for Bhool Bhulaiyaa in 2008
She received the Best Actor – Female Award for Ishqiya in 2011
She received the Best Actor – Female Award for The Dirty Picture in 2012
She received the Best Actor – Female (Critics) Award for The Dirty Picture in 2012

Stardust Awards

She received Superstar of Tomorrow – Female Award in 2006 for Parineeta

She was nominated as Superstar of Tomorrow – Female in 2007 for Lage Raho Munna Bhai
She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for Guru in 2008
She was nominated for Star of the Year – Female Award for Paa in 2010
She was nominated for Star of the Year – Female Award for Ishqiya in 2011
She received Readers’ Choice Award for Best Actress (Action /Thriller) in 2011 for Ishqiya

The Global Indian Film and Television Honours

Best Actress in a Lead Role Award for Ishqiya in 2011
Best Actress for The Dirty Picture in 2012

Other Awards

Anandalok Puraskar Awards, Best Actress, Bhalo Theko in 2004
Star’s Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine, Parineeta in 2006
Anandalok Puraskar Awards, Best Actress (Hindi), Bhool Bhulaiyaa in 2007
‘FICCI Frames 2010’ Excellence Awards: Best Actress for Paa in 2010
Lions Gold Awards, Best Actress, Paa in 2010
NDTV Indian of the year, Actor of the year – Female in 2011
IRDS Hindi Film Awards 2011, Best Female character for The Dirty Picture in 2012
National Media Network Film And TV, Best Actress, for The Dirty Picture in 2012