Vidya Balan turns fiercely contemporary
19 October 2006 | Actress | No Comments
They say she has become difficult. What they mean is that Vidya Balan is turning down assignments for which other actresses would give their left arm and right profile. "But I really don't see my career in that way," said the soft-spoken, constantly apologetic and yet unshakeable "Parineeta" girl. "I can't rush into projects and then find the time to do them. I've to be completely convinced about every detail about my character and my willingness and ability to portray it before saying yes," Vidya told IANS.
And she's willing to be dubbed difficult for her professionalism. Recently, when she opted out of an avant-garde director-turned- producer's period film, the man went around town calling her unprofessional. "But I never say yes only to have second thoughts," she explained. It appears as though Vidya is a victim of the Saif syndrome. Filmmakers approach Vidya with roles that she's not convinced about, tell her to think over it, and then turn nasty when she says a final no. "I can't take on work that I cannot do. Yes, I've had certain reservations about some aspects of a couple of scripts that I was offered recently. Frankly, they're roles to kill for. But I cannot bring myself to play characters I don't identify with. Maybe I'm too new or too scared. But I'd rather go cautiously than plunge impulsively into a film and then regret it later." ….read more
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