Meet Vidya Balan: The Actor With A Difference

She proved it doesn’t always take a male superstar to script a box-office success in Bollywood. She turns 41 today.

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00:00🎵Outro music plays🎵

00:30I was convinced that I was junior Madhuri Dixit, so that's how it all started.

01:26I used to be extremely angry when I'd be told that, you know, but he's given dates,

01:38so you'll have to work your dates around that, never mind if I had three other films going

01:42on at the same time.

01:45He would, he would always get a bigger van, you know, always a better hotel.

01:52People would almost sound like, aapko story sunna hai, and I'd be like, what the hell?

01:59Of course story sunna hai, phir hi toh mein decide karungi ki mujhe film karna hai ki

02:03nahi.

02:22When a film doesn't do well, it bothers you, it breaks your heart, but you move on.

02:46I talk about it, I cry about it, I move on.

03:00I've always associated the saree with beauty.

03:30Filme sirf teen cheezon ke wajah se chalti hai, entertainment, entertainment, entertainment,

03:55aur main entertainment hoon.