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Vidya Balan is an Indian movie actress, who primarily works in the Bollywood film industry. She made her acting debut with the Bengali movie “Bhalo Theko,” directed by Goutam Halder in the year 2003. For her performance in the movies, she received several awards that include a National Film Award, six Filmfare Awards, and six Screen Awards. Moreover, she was the recipient of Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2014. Check out below for Vidya Balan Wiki, Biography, Age, Movies, Husband, Images and more.

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Vidya Balan Early Life and Career

Vidya Balan was born on 1 January 1979 in Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Vidya Balan family is now residing in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Her father name is P. R. Balan, an executive vice-president of Digicable and her mother name is Saraswathy Balan. She has a sister named Priya Balan, works in the advertising sector. Moreover, actress Priyamani is her second cousin. She completed her schooling in St. Anthony Girls’ High School, Mumbai and finished her graduation in Sociology at St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and masters at the University of Mumbai, Mumbai. Vidya Balan husband name is Siddharth Roy Kapur, is a film producer, founder of Roy Kapur Films and the President of Film and Television Producers Guild of India and they got married on 14 December 2012.

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Vidya Balan started her acting career at the age of 16, with the television serial “Hum Paanch,” directed by Ekta Kapoor. During her masters, she was cast as the female lead in a Malayalam movie titled “Chakram,” along with Mohanlal but the movie was shelved due to production difficulties. In 2001, Vidya Balan was cast for the female lead in N. Linguswamy‘s Tamil movie “Run,” but unceremoniously dropped and replaced by Meera Jasmine. After several failures in the film career, she has appeared in 60 television commercials and in music videos for Euphoria and Shubha Mudgal.

Vidya Balan started her film career in the year 2003 with the Bengali movie “Bhalo Theko,” directed by Goutam Halder. In the year 2005, she made her Bollywood debut with the movie “Parineeta,” directed by Pradeep Sarkar. Her performance in the movie was praised by the critics. In the year 2007, she starred in the Mani Ratnam‘s semi-biographical drama “Guru,” in the supporting role along with Mithun Chakraborty, Abhishek Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and R. Madhavan. Then Vidya Balan featured in the romantic comedy movie “Salaam-e-Ishq,” directed by Nikhil Advani.

In 2007, she starred in the Sajid Khan’s movie “Heyy Babyy” as a single mother with Akshay Kumar, Ritesh Deshmukh, and Fardeen Khan, which is a box office hit. In the year 2011, she acted in the Raj Kumar Gupta‘s semi-biographical thriller movie “No One Killed Jessica” along with Rani Mukerji. Her performance in the movie was praised by the critics. In the same year, she acted in the movie titled “The Dirty Picture,” which is a biopic based on the life and death of the controversial Indian actress Silk Smitha. The movie is directed by Ekta Kapoor and for that movie, she received National Film Award for Best Actress. In the year 2018, she worked in movies like Amoli, NTR KathaNayakudu & NTR Mahanayakudu

Vidya Balan Biography

Name	Vidya Balan
Real Name	Vidya Balan
Nickname	Vidhi
Profession	Indian film actress
Date of Birth	1 January 1979
Age	39 (As of October 2018)
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Father Name	P. R. Balan
Mother Name	Saraswathy Balan
Siblings	Priya Balan
Religion	Hindu
Educational Qualification	Graduate in Sociology and Masters degree
School	St. Anthony Girls’ High School, Mumbai
College	St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and University of Mumbai, Mumbai
Hobbies	Cooking, Modeling, Traveling
Hometown	Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Married	Yes
Husband Name	Siddharth Roy Kapur
Affairs/Boyfriends	None
Children	None
Current City	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Vidya Balan Movies list

Title	Year	Role	Director(s)	Notes
Bhalo Theko	2003	Anandi	Goutam Halder	Bengali film
Kalari Vikraman	2003	Kunjulakshmi	Deepak Mohan	Malayalam film Unreleased
Parineeta	2005	Lalita	Pradeep Sarkar	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Lage Raho Munna Bhai	2006	Jhanvi	Rajkumar Hirani
Guru	2007	Meenakshi “Meenu” Gupta-Saxena	Mani Ratnam
Salaam-E-Ishq	2007	Tehzeeb Hussain	Nikhil Advani
Eklavya: The Royal Guard	2007	Rajjo	Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Heyy Babyy	2007	Esha	Sajid Khan
Bhool Bhulaiyaa	2007	Avni Chaturvedi / Manjulika	Priyadarshan	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Om Shanti Om	2007	Herself	Farah Khan	Cameo appearance in song “Deewangi Deewangi”
Halla Bol	2008	Sneha	Rajkumar Santoshi
Kismat Konnection	2008	Priya	Aziz Mirza
Paa	2009	Vidya	R. Balki	Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Ishqiya	2010	Krishna Verma	Abhishek Chaubey	Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
No One Killed Jessica	2011	Sabrina Lal	Raj Kumar Gupta	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Urumi	2011	Makkom / Bhoomi	Santosh Sivan	Malayalam film
Thank You	2011	Kishan’s wife	Anees Bazmee	Special appearance
Dum Maaro Dum	2011	Mrs Kamath	Rohan Sippy	Special appearance
The Dirty Picture	2011	Reshma (Silk)	Milan Luthria	National Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Kahaani	2012	Vidya Venkatesan Bagchi	Sujoy Ghosh	Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Ferrari Ki Sawaari	2012	Unknown	Rajesh Mapuskar	Special appearance in song “Mala Jau De”
Bombay Talkies	2013	Herself	Various	Cameo appearance in song “Apna Bombay Talkies”
Ghanchakkar	2013	Neetu Athray	Raj Kumar Gupta
Once Upon ay Time in Mumbai Dobaara!	2013	Unknown	Milan Luthria	Cameo appearance in song “Tayyab Ali”
Mahabharat	2013	Draupadi (voice)	Amaan Khan	Animated film
Shaadi Ke Side Effects	2014	Trisha Mallik	Saket Chaudhary
Bobby Jasoos	2014	Bilkis “Bobby” Ahmed	Samar Shaikh
Hamari Adhuri Kahani	2015	Vasudha Prasad	Mohit Suri
Te3n	2016	Sarita Sarkar	Ribhu Dasgupta	Guest appearance
Ekk Albela	2016	Geeta Bali	Shekhar Sartandal	Marathi film Special appearance
Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh	2016	Vidya Sinha / Durga Rani Singh	Sujoy Ghosh	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Begum Jaan	2017	Begum Jaan	Srijit Mukherji
Tumhari Sulu	2017	Sulochana “Sulu” Dubey	Suresh Triveni	Filmfare Award for Best Actress
Amoli	2018	Narrator	Jasmine Kaur Roy Avinash Roy	Documentary
N. T. R.	TBA	Basavatarakam	Krish	Telugu film; filming

Vidya Balan TV Shows

Title	Year	Role	Channel	Notes
Hum Paanch	1995	Radhika Mathur	Zee TV
No More Kamzor	2014	Host	Star Plus	TV special

Vidya Balan Music Video Appearance

Title	Year	Role	Performer(s)	Director(s)
“Aana Meri Gully”	2002	Bengali bride	Euphoria	Pradeep Sarkar
“Main Nashe Mein Hoon”	2002	Bengali girl	Pankaj Udhas	Pradeep Sarkar
“Kisson Ki Chadar”	2003	Unknown	Shubha Mudgal	Pradeep Sarkar
“Jaani Na”	2011	Bengali wife	Chandrabindoo	Abhijit Chaudhuri

Vidya Balan Anandalok Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2004	Bhalo Theko	Best Actress	Won
2007	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Best Actress – Hindi	Won

Vidya Balan Asian Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress	Nominated

Vidya Balan Asia-Pacific Film Festival

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	Kahaani	Best Actress	Nominated

Vidya Balan Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress	Nominated

Vidya Balan BIG Star Entertainment Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2010	—	New Talent of the Decade – Female	Nominated
2010	Ishqiya	Most Entertaining Film Actor – Female	Won
2011	The Dirty Picture	Most Entertaining Film Actor – Female	Won
2012	Kahaani	Most Entertaining Film Actor – Female	Nominated
2012	Kahaani	Most Entertaining Actor in a Thriller Film – Female	Nominated
2013	Ghanchakkar	Most Entertaining Actor in a Comedy Film – Female	Nominated
2014	Bobby Jasoos	Most Entertaining Actor in a Comedy Film – Female	Nominated

Vidya Balan FICCI Frames Excellence Honours

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2010	Paa	Best Actress in a Lead Role	Won
2011	Ishqiya	Best Actress in a Lead Role	Won
2012	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress in a Lead Role	Won

Vidya Balan Filmfare Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2006	Parineeta	Best Female Debut	Won
2006	Parineeta	Best Actress	Nominated
2008	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Best Actress	Nominated
2010	Paa	Best Actress	Won
2011	Ishqiya	Best Actress	Nominated
2011	Ishqiya	Critics Award for Best Actress	Won
2012	No One Killed Jessica	Best Actress	Nominated
2012	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress	Won
2013	Kahaani	Best Actress	Won
2017	Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh	Best Actress	Nominated
2018	Tumhari Sulu	Best Actress	Won
2018	Tumhari Sulu	Critics Award for Best Actress	Nominated

Vidya Balan International Indian Film Academy Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2006	Parineeta	Star Debut of the Year – Female	Won
2006	Parineeta	Best Actress	Nominated
2007	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Best Actress	Nominated
2008	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Best Actress	Nominated
	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Best Performance in a Negative Role	Nominated
	Guru	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2010	Paa	Best Actress	Won
2011	Ishqiya	Best Actress	Nominated
2012	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress	Won
2013	Kahaani	Best Actress	Won
2018	Tumhari Sulu	Best Actress	Nominated

Vidya Balan Lions Gold Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2010	Paa	Favorite Actress	Won
2013	Kahaani	Favorite Actress – Critics	Won

Vidya Balan National Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress	Won

Vidya Balan People’s Choice Awards India

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2012	Kahaani	Favourite Actress	Nominated

Vidya Balan Producers Guild Film Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2006	Parineeta	Best Actress	Nominated
2006	Parineeta	Best Female Debut	Won
2011	Paa	Best Actress – Special honour	Won
2011	Ishqiya	Best Actress	Won
2012	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress	Won
2013	Kahaani	Best Actress	Won

Vidya Balan Screen Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2006	Parineeta	Best Female Debut	Won
2010	Paa	Best Actress	Won
2010	Paa	Best Actress – Popular Choice	Nominated
2011	Ishqiya	Best Actress	Won
2012	No One Killed Jessica	Best Actress	Nominated
	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress – Popular Choice	Nominated
	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress	Won
2013	Kahaani	Best Actress – Popular Choice	Nominated
2013	Kahaani	Best Actress	Won
2017	Tumhari Sulu	Best Actress	Won

Vidya Balan Stardust Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2006	Parineeta	Female Superstar of Tomorrow	Won
2007	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Female Superstar of Tomorrow	Nominated
2008	Guru	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
2010	Paa	Female Star of the Year	Nominated
2011	Ishqiya	Best Actress in a Thriller or Action	Won
2011	Ishqiya	Female Star of the Year	Nominated
2012	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress in a Drama	Won
	The Dirty Picture	Female Star of the Year	Won
	No One Killed Jessica	Best Actress in a Drama	Nominated
	No One Killed Jessica	Female Star of the Year	Nominated
2013	Kahaani	Best Actress in a Thriller or Action	Won
2013	Kahaani	Female Star of the Year	Nominated
2014	Bobby Jasoos	Best Actress in a Thriller or Action	Nominated

Vidya Balan Zee Cine Awards

Year	Nominated work	Category	Result
2006	Parineeta	Best Female Debut	Won
2006	Parineeta	Best Actress	Nominated
2008	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Best Actress	Nominated
2011	Ishqiya	Best Actress	Won
2012	The Dirty Picture	Best Actress	Won
2012	The Dirty Picture	Critics’ Choice Best Actress	Won
2013	Kahaani	Best Actress	Nominated
2013	Kahaani	Critics’ Choice Best Actress	Won
2017	Kahaani 2: Durga Rani Singh	Best Actress	Nominated
2018	Tumhari Sulu	Best Actor – Female (Viewer’s Choice)	Nominated
2018	Tumhari Sulu	Best Actor – Female (Jury’s Choice)	Nominated

Vidya Balan Other awards and Honors

Year	Nominated work	Award	Category	Result
2006	Parineeta	Sabsey Favourite Kaun Awards	Sabsey Favourite Nayi Heroine	Won
2010		Priyadarshini Academy Awards	Smita Patil Memorial Award	Won
2011		NDTV Indian of the Year	Actor of the Year – Female	Won
2012	The Dirty Picture	Gr8! Women Achiever Award	Versatility In Acting	Won
		Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Awards	Memorable Performance Award	Won
		Prabha Khaitan Puraskar		Won
2014		Padma Shri		Won
2015		Raj Kapoor Award	Special Contribution	Won
2016		Indian Film Festival of Melbourne	Female Empowerment Award	Won
2018	Tumhari Sulu	Bollywood Film Journalists Awards	Best Actress	Won
		News18 Reel Movie Awards	Best Actress	Nominated
		Indian Film Festival of Melbourne	Best Actress	Pending

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