" Milan Luthria's The Dirty Picture , in which, Vidya played the role of southern siren Silk Smitha, got her several awards in the best actress category, including a national award. Even her recently released film Kahaani is doing well at the box office.

Both these films are women-centric and she has proved with her acting skills that she can run the film on her shoulder alone. Talking about the success of her latest film, Vidya said, "The success of Kahaani is sweeter than (that of) The Dirty Picture , because, there were no songs, sex, etc in 'Kahaani' to drive the audience.

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May be do something like Arth , Silsila kind of film, something on extra marital affair as wherever we go we get to hear about it," Vidya said in an interview. Arth , a 1982 film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil and Raj Kiran, was about his extramarital relationship.

Even Yash Chopra's 1981 film, Silsila featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Sanjeev Kumar and Rekha, revolved around the same topic. Vidya even showed her interest in doing a film that would centre upon late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

"I may like to do a biopic on Indira Gandhi or something like that," Vidya said. However, she is now doing a comedy thriller, something that she has not tried her luck in yet, opposite Emraan Hashmi.

"Comedy is something I would like to explore. And speaking of other genres like action, its something I am not interested in," she said.

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May be do something like Arth , Silsila kind of film, something on extra marital affair as wherever we go we get to hear about it," Vidya said in an interview. Arth , a 1982 film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, starring Shabana Azmi, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Smita Patil and Raj Kiran, was about his extramarital relationship.

Even Yash Chopra's 1981 film, Silsila featuring Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Sanjeev Kumar and Rekha, revolved around the same topic. Vidya even showed her interest in doing a film that would centre upon late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

"I may like to do a biopic on Indira Gandhi or something like that," Vidya said. However, she is now doing a comedy thriller, something that she has not tried her luck in yet, opposite Emraan Hashmi.

"Comedy is something I would like to explore. And speaking of other genres like action, its something I am not interested in," she said.

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The actress is sporting this new look for the promotions of her forthcoming film. Vidya Balan is on a mission and her mission is now to promote her next film Kahaani.

After bagging awards and compliments for The Dirty Picture , Vidya is all set for Sujoy Ghosh's forthcoming film Kahaani. We heard the actress will be seen in her character avatar of a pregnant woman everywhere during the promotions.

Makers of Kahaani have come up with this new promotional tactic where the actress will visit cities in her Kahaani avatar. Vidya will be seen at local places of different cities.

Apart from that she is making cameos in tele-soaps and shows where she flaunts her baby bump. It can be recalled that before this Vidya sported her onscreen look of Ishqiya , Paa and The Dirty Pictures to promote her respective films.

It won't be wrong to say that Vidya Balan is 'expecting' Kahaani to be her next big hit! (less)

Having enjoyed her lavani experience, Vidya Balan currently has has only one film in the pipeline - Rajkumar Gupta's Ghanchakkar . Apparently, the director waited for Vidya for eight months and insisted that he wouldn't do the movie without her.

The shooting of 'Ghanchakkar' will commence in September. In the meantime, the actress plans to recoup well, travel, spend time with her family and read a few scripts.

Vidya seems to be in no hurry to sign on the dotted line and will take her time in being part of a script she completely believes in. Vidya Balan surely finds a place in the A-League, and with the likes of Aamir and Shah Rukh hoping to work with her, let's not be surprised if one of the movies in the near future have her sharing screen space with one of these biggies (less)

If the recent industry buzz is to be believed, Vidya Balan is on the wish-list of Karan Johar now. It's a known fact that Karan Johar has acquired the rights of the novel ' The Immortals of Meluha '.

The novel written by Amish Tripathi is a trilogy on Lord Shiva. After watching Vidya Balan's work in The Dirty Picture and Kahaani , Karan Johar strongly wishes to cast Vidya Balan as the female lead of the film.

Apparently Vidya will be seen portraying the role of Parvati, Lord Shiva's wife. But in that case who would be playing Lord Shiva is the big question.

Hrithik Roshan is the name being considered by KJo. The two delivered the biggest hit of this year in Agneepath .

So if everything goes fine, we would get to see a fresh pairing in the form of Hrithik Roshan and Vidya Balan. The jodi seems as unique as unusual it is.

Karan Johar literally knows how to get the best of both worlds! (less)

I think with all the Khans and the Kapoors, we have Vidya Balan now," Shekhar, of the Vishal-Shekhar duo, said here at the music launch of their latest film Kahaani . After being down and out for a while, Vidya resurfaced and showed her Versatility with Ishqiya , Paa , No One Killed Jessica and her masterstroke came in the form of The Dirty Picture .

The film was not only a commercial success, it also received all-round acclaim. Right now Vidya is on a winning sprees with most popular best actress awards falling in her kitty.

The duo had composed the music for The Dirty Picture and Shekhar says they have tried to match the audiences' expectations with Kahaani , which is coming out March 9, as well. " Kahaani is really very special for us.

Whenever people talk about this combination (me and Vishal), they always expect something really mad, crazy and beautiful and this has happened again with 'Kahaani'," said Shekhar. They are also busy composing for Arjun - The Warrior Prince , Student of the Year and Shanghai .

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I am lucky that today when we are feeling the change, it's a co-incidence that I have become a face of this change," she said in an interview. Vidya gave strong performances in Ishqiya, Paa, No One Killed Jessica and The Dirty Picture .

The 33-year-old, who will be seen next in Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani , feels lucky to be present at a time when such stories are being written. "I am lucky to be a part of Indian cinema at a time when such stories and roles are being written and I am getting a chance to be a part of such good films.

I try to do my work honestly. It feels great to get so much love from the people," said Vidya who had stormed the industry with her very first film Parineeta in 2005.

Releasing March 9, Kahaani is a thriller and shows a pregnant woman's struggle to find her missing husband in Kolkata. Tweet (less)

I am lucky that today when we are feeling the change, it's a co-incidence that I have become a face of this change," she said in an interview. Vidya gave strong performances in Ishqiya, Paa, No One Killed Jessica and The Dirty Picture .

The 33-year-old, who will be seen next in Sujoy Ghosh's Kahaani , feels lucky to be present at a time when such stories are being written. "I am lucky to be a part of Indian cinema at a time when such stories and roles are being written and I am getting a chance to be a part of such good films.

I try to do my work honestly. It feels great to get so much love from the people," said Vidya who had stormed the industry with her very first film Parineeta in 2005.

Releasing March 9, Kahaani is a thriller and shows a pregnant woman's struggle to find her missing husband in Kolkata. Tweet (less)

When I was in college, we girls used to do a lot of such things, like a "pregnant walk" or pose as a vegetable vendor. So this was not a tough task.

But yes, it was exciting to do a role that is bound to grab a lot of attention. Shooting in Kolkata I have a lot of love for Kolkata, and the people over there were so excited to see me shooting on the streets.

There had to be complete silence to make sure that there were no interruptions. So when the crowd was beyond the control of others, I had to go to them and tell them in Bengali, "Ek tu picha.

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", which was a request for them to kindly step a bit back, to which they gently replied, "Yes". We had to shoot in various places like in the tram and the other open streets of the city and I am thankful to the crowd that they listened to me.

'The Dirty Picture' wasn't that dirty I did not hesitate to play Silk, but I was really hesitant about signing the film. Now, thanks to the love of the people, "The Dirty Picture" has turned out to be huge hit.

But I don't think that the flick was "dirty'". It had a message embedded deep within.

It's just the story of a girl who used her sexuality to come up in life and it has an end too. Those who have seen it have definitely understood the message in the flick.

My life wasn't like silk's I've been lucky enough to not have gone through any sort of exploitation or the casting couch. The film fraternity has been very supportive towards me.

But log kehte hain ki aisa hota hai. I am not getting married right now Abhi toh bahut kaam karna hai.

No marriage plans as of now. The publicity stunt that didn't work Meanwhile, the " Kahaani " makers had to face a lot of public ire and flak from Indoris due to their 'unusual' publicity stunt.

There were "Missing" posters of Arnab Bagchi pasted on the city's walls, and this did not go down well with most people. "Relatives of people who have gotten lost could get hurt seeing these posters," was what everyone said when they saw the posters.

Vidya, who was planning to go to the nearby Vijay Nagar Police Station, was not allowed to play the publicity gimmick there, according to our sources. "We will not allow them to indulge in any promotional activity," SSP Sai Manohar told us a day before she was to come down to the city (less)