Vidya Iyer now popularly known as Vidya Balan was born in Palakkad to Tamil Iyer parents in Kerala. Vidya grew up in Mumbai and attended St. Xavier's College, Mumbai. She graduated from college with a Degree in Sociology. This beautiful actress made her Hindi film debut with the movie Parineeta. She played the role of Lolita and instantly won the hearts of millions of Bollywood fans. Such has been her charming beauty and on screen simple girl persona that many Indian males started considering Vidya as the ideal wife type of girl they need.

9 Aug 2007 | By Shubbs

After Parineeta there was no looking back for Vidya Balan as she went on to become one of most sought after actress in Indian film industry. Audiences were completely floored by her simplicity and the girl next door looks. She continued the same trend of a simple girl in movies like Lage Raho Munnabhai, Eklavya, Guru and Salaam-E- Ishq. Like they say every good things come to an end. Finally the time has come for this simple Indian girl-next-door to transform into herself a sexy glamorous actress.

In Sajid Khan’s upcoming ‘Heyy Babyy’ Vidya will be seen in a true blue glam avatar.

Speaking with reporters recently Vidya said, “This film will see a new me. The image that ‘Parineeta’ created was so strong, that in spite of the fact that I have done other films, wherein I didn’t play only very Indian characters, people spoke about ‘Parineeta’.

9 Aug 2007 | By Shubbs