Vidya Balan Celebrates 15 Years In Film Industry

By News Helpline – 11th June 2020

Actor Vidya Balan made her debut with Parineeta, as the film clocks 15 years; she pens a heartfelt note about her 15-year journey in the Bollywood industry with her debut film 'Parineeta'.

Vidya Balan took to her social media profile and shared several behind the scene pictures from the shoot of the romantic drama film and poured her heart in the caption. She began writing the caption by citing references from the film.

It read, "Like Lolita was Shekhar’s better half even before the world knew it, you were mine too...but on the 10th June 2005, I became your Parineeta. I loved you then and I love you now and I love you forever more...my dear Cinema. And to all those who have made sure this marriage survives and thrives. Tahe Dil Se Shukriya! #15YearsOfParineeta...Thank you for the working still my friend @pavitrsaith P.S:Incidentally Parineeta was also the first film my #Shekhar, #SiddharthRoyKapur worked on after joining #UTV...his first film too”

Balan began her acting career with the hit television show 'Hum Paanch', following which she worked in several regional films. She made her bid debut with 'Parineeta' which became a major hit on the box office.

Meanwhile on the work front, Vidya Balan will next be seen in a short film ‘Natkhat (2020), a drama about a mother teaching her young son about gender equality, marked Vidya's first production venture.

She will next portray the mental calculator Shakuntala Devi in an eponymous biopic, which due to the COVID-19 pandemic will eschew a theatrical release and instead stream on Prime Video.

Vidya will additionally star in Amit V. Masurkar's Sherni, and has committed to produce and star as Indira Gandhi in a yet-untitled web series based on Sagarika Ghose's biography Indira – India's Most Powerful Prime Minister.