‘There were days when I would go to sleep in tears’: Vidya Balan on facing rejections
Be it brilliantly essaying her on-screen characters or speaking up her mind during interviews, Vidya Balan never disappoints her fans. The actress always experiments with her roles and makes sure to serve her fans with varieties. The actress who is all set to star in Mission Mangal recently opened up about her initial days in the film industry and how despite her struggles she kept a brave face on.
Talking about her journey, the 40-year-old actress 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,’” she reminisces.
“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 and smiling, hop something good would happen, and Parineeta did,” the actress told in an interview. Talking about her similarities with her Mission Mangal character, Vidya further added, “But even when the challenges seem insurmountable, Tara (name of her character in the film) refuses to give up.”
While fans are waiting eagerly for Mission Mangal, the actress has also ventured into production. Sharing the photo of her debut production venture on her social media handle, Vidya Balan wrote, “I’m happy and excited that a few days ago, I did my first short film as an actor… The film is called Natkhat and has me in a new role….that of ‘PRODUCER‘… I never had plans to turn producer but the story written by @annukampa_harsh and #ShaanVyas propelled me in that direction…Its been a new and precious experience working with @shaanvs the director and his team, and to be partnering with #RonnieScrewvala & @rsvpmovies on this beautiful and powerful story. Can’t wait to share it with my world and hoping that it speaks to you like it did to me.”
Vidya Balan is currently prepping for Shakuntala Devi biopic which will kickstart soon.
