Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan is an Indian film actress from Kerala, who appears in Hindi films. After graduating in sociology, she began her career starring in many music videos, soap operas and many commercials, before appearing in feature films. Her father is P.R.Balan who is the vice president of ETC channel while her mother is a homemaker. She has an older sister, Priya. She studied in Mumbai at St Anthonys School and later graduated in Sociology from St Xavier's College, after which she enrolled for M.A from the Mumbai University. She speaks several languages like Tamil, Malayalam, English, Hindi, and Bengali. Pradeep Sarkar directed her in many ads as well as music videos for singers like Euphoria, Shubha Mudgal, and Pankaj Udhas. She was also part of the initial episodes of Ekta Kapoor's Hum Paanch.

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