Vidya considered ‘unlucky’

Why she never worked in South Indian films

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan is certainly in the best phase of her career right now after the roaring success of ‘The Dirty Picture’. In fact, she has had a great run in Bollywood ever since her debut ‘Parineeta’ with several hits to her credit. However, the actress who is now among the top five heroines in T’town was once considered ‘unlucky’ in the Malayalam film industry which is why her south career was nipped even before it could take off!

Apparently, before ‘Parineeta’, Vidya was offered scores of Malayalam films with top stars like Mohanlal and Mammotty. And given her south Indian lineage, she was only too happy to work in them. But the projects never took off for some reason or the other prompting superstitious filmmakers down south to label her a ‘jinx’.

However, her astounding success in Bollywood seems to have woken the southern directors to her talent and now, nearly eight years after her debut, she is being wooed again to sign Malayalam films. Sources say she is being sent scripts and offers from Mollywood almost daily.

On her part, Vidya doesn’t hold any grudge against anyone for the ‘bad luck’ tag. At a recent award function hosted by Asianet, she said she was keen to feature in movies with the veterans of the industry and that acting in a Malayalam film would be the best gift she could give to her parents.

So ready to do an ‘ooh la la’ with Mohanlal, Vidya?