Vidya Balan known for her memorable roles like Lolita in Parineeta, the love-thirsty wife Krishna in Ishqiya, sultry Silk in The Dirty Picture, a mystery woman in Kahaani and a friendly housewife-next-door Sulu in Tumhari Sulu, is now a household name giving the audience something to take away from with every character of hers. However, there was a time in the national award winning actress’s life where she used to go to sleep drenched in tears.

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Speaking about the difficult times, Vidya in an interview said, “Coming from a non- filmi family I had no idea how to go about becoming an actress, yet I wanted to be one. It worried my family, though they have always supported me. It must have come as a relief to them when my first TV show, La Bella, shut down after a few months. They must have thought, ‘Chalo, abhi to bhoot utar jayega.’” This did not stop Vidya and she continued to follow her dreams, despite the world saying otherwise. She had enrolled for Masters to keep herself occupied before Parineeta came into picture. “It was three years of constant rejections from down South and there were days when I would go to sleep in tears. But next morning, I was up and smiling, hoping something good would happen, and Parineeta did,” she reminisced.

(Source: Mumbai Mirror)