Vidya Balan On Surviving Showbiz and Doing The Right Thing

She’s earthy. She’s sexy. She’s all woman. Anuradha Choudhary decodes the mystique of Vidya Balan

- Anuradha Choudhary

The first thing that strikes you about her is that 1000-watt smile. It lights up her face and the room instantly. Besides it never leaves her face. Spend 10 minutes with her and you know she’s minted with special lustre. It’s hard to subjugate Vidya Balan’s natural ebulience. Not that you want to. It works the room. And in a jiffy she’s made you comfortable. Maybe it’s the impish look in her eyes, maybe it’s the way she opens herself to you, maybe it’s her ability to laugh at herself, maybe because she’s just so comfortable with herself…Whatever it is, Vidya isn’t like the rest of her ilk. I don’t know another actress who will call you from her doctor’s clinic, so that she can fix you an appointment with her doc. All because you once mentioned your ailment to her and she remembered it. I don’t know another actress, who after having fixed the appointment will follow it up with you to ensure you visit the doctor. On the professional front, her ability as an actor is only too well known.