Vidya Balan Birthday Special: 10 things you must know about ‘Ooh la la’ girl

One of the most popular actresses of Bollywood, Vidya Balan turns 39 today and on this special occasion, the actress is celebrating her birthday with her husband Sidharth Roy Kapur. Vidya’s birthday comes on New Year’s day thus, her celebration is going to be a special one.

Vidya has worked in many popular films like Parineeta, Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Hey Babyy, Paa, The Dirty Picture, Kahaani and others. Vidya has faced a lot of criticism for her fashion sense, but the actress didn’t let herself down and dazzled on the screen with her power-packed performances.

Notably, Vidya Balan has won 6 Filmfare awards and one National Award for best actress. But there are many things that we don’t know about our lovely ‘Ooh la la’ girl.

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• Vidya Balan is reportedly obsessed with cleanliness as she suffers from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Vidya is so much organized that she spots a small dust somewhere, she cleans it immediately.
• According to a friend of Vidya, she was a couple-maker in relationships as she loved playing cupid for her friends.
• Vidya holds bachelor’s degree in Sociology from St. Xavier’s College and master’s degree from the University of Mumbai but later she joined the Entertainment industry. She has done her schooling at St. Anthony Girls High School, Chembur.

• Vidya signed a Malayalam film ‘Chakram’ opposite superstar Mohanlal and immediately signed twelve other films. But when Chakram was shelved the producers blamed Vidya for the bad luck of the film, as a result, she was replaced by other actresses in all 12 films she signed earlier.
• Vidya reportedly had to appear in around 40 screen tests along with 17 make-up shoots before doing her debut role in Parineeta.
• Vidya Balan turned down the offer by the famous filmmaker Anurag Basu for doing a television serial.
• Vidya Balan is not from any Filmy background. It’s her hard work and dedication that moved her to success in Bollywood.
• Vidya Balan is trained in Carnatic music and briefly studied the dance forms of Bharatnatyam and Kathak.

• Vidya Balan did her first acting role in the 1995 sitcom Hum Paanch.
• Vidya loves to read books by Paulo Coelho.