Was Kicked Out Of 13 Films, Refused To Do Their Films Now: Vidya Balan

Mumbai: Actress Vidya Balan in a recent interview shared how producers replaced her in over a dozen films and behaved very badly with her.

It was a time when she was replaced in many films in a very short span of time. The actor said that there was a low phase in his career when he was cast in more than a dozen films.

Vidya, who will next be seen in investigative thriller Jalsa opposite Shefali Shah, also recalled that there was one particular replacement that enraged her so much that she drove straight from Marine Drive to Bandra in hot weather.

In a new interview with Prabhat Khabar, Vidya said, “In the recent times, I had received calls from them (producers who had earlier replaced him in his films) but I politely refused to be a part of his films. I was kicked out of 13 films. Out of movies. When a producer turned me into a film, he treated me so badly. They made me feel so ugly that for six months, I could not gather the courage to look at myself in the mirror.”

Vidya also recalled her reaction to the rejection she received around 2003-2004 and told a Hindi daily, “I had signed two films with K Balachander at a time when I was being replaced in many films. I got to know that I was also replaced in Balachander’s film and I was not even informed. I could sense something was wrong because we were supposed to go to New Zealand for the shoot but they hadn’t even asked for my passport. When my mom called Balachander’s daughter, we got to know that I had been replaced.”

Vidya is currently gearing up for the release of her new film, Jalsa. Starring Shefali Shah, Manav Kaul, Rohini Hattangadi, and Iqbal Khan in important roles, the film will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on March 18.

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