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29 March 2024

Vidya Balan the new 'Khan' of Bollywood

Bollywood Actress Vidya Balan at Lamcy Plaza, Dubai, promoting her movie 'Kahaani'. (Meesha Kapoor)

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After delivering back to back four consecutive hits in the past two years Vidya Balan is now crowned the real 'hero' of Bollywood.

She broke the long held and assiduously nurtured myth that heroine oriented films are box-office anathemas.

Today, when it’s Vidya on screen, the audience expects a quality film and powerful performance.

Except for a brief period in her career, when she was trying to fit into the commercial Hindi film heroine mould with films like 'Heyy Baby' (2007) and 'Kismet Konnection' (2008), Vidya’s always been ready for a gamble, be it a 'Parineeta' (2005), 'Guru' (2007), 'Paa' (2009), 'Ishqiya' or her last three films. And now it’s paid off.

With three consecutive hits - 'No One Killed Jessica' (2011), 'The Dirty Picture' (2011) and now 'Kahaani' the national award winner is creating new benchmark.

She has become as big and powerful as any male actor in an industry, which thrived on male dominated cinema.

Vidya has been repeatedly referred to as the new Khan of Bollywood (three Khans- Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan).

Vidya Balan has shattered the myth that hour glass figure and bikini clad beauties can survive the glomour race. Her meaty roles, with power-packed performance rather than her weight has elevated her as the most sought after bankable heroine of the industry.

Her extra-ordinary achievement has opened new doors of possibilities for our film actresses who always get billed second to their male counterparts in spite of their talent.