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Vidya Balan reveals she was labelled jinxed at the start of her career

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: May 10, 2023 1:23 PM

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Bollywood actress Vidya Balan started her career with the movie Parineeta, which was released 18 years ago, this movie had a strong star cast like Sanjay Dutt, Saif Ali Khan, Raima Sen and Dia Mirza along with Vidya.
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The film was based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Bengali Kandbari. The funny thing is that for her debut movie, Vidya Balan had to give screen test 60 times.
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Now after a long break, Vidya is making a comeback with Anu Menon's 'Neeyat'. In order to make this movie a hit, she is doing a lot of promotion.
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Along with Bollywood, Vidya has also worked in South movies in her career. She started her career with TV shows. According to media reports, after TV, Vidya had turned to south cinema.
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She was going to start her career with South superstar Mohanlal. But due to some reasons this movie could not be made. Vidya was shocked when the film got stalled and after this people started calling her bad luck.
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There was a time in Vidya's life that the producers used to think of her as 'bad luck'. Some producers even did not allow the release of the film just because Vidya was acting in the film.
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At the beginning of her career, Vidya decided to try her luck in southern cinema. She also got an opportunity in the film 'Chakram' with famous south actor Mohanlal. After this film, she signed as many as 12 films. But for some reason, the shooting of 'Chakram' was delayed.
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Mohanlal has acted in many films in South. No film was delayed in his career. The 'chakram' was delayed and all its khabar was smashed on Vidya's head. The producers decided Vidya's destiny.
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The makers completed the film with another actor. After this film, Vidya signed 12 films.
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Vidya acted in many Bengali films at that time. But with Vidya in the film, her films were not released due to the fear that the audience would not accept them.
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