Vidya Balan is all set to star in “Mission Mangal”
NEW DELHI : Bollywood actress Vidya Balan, who is busy promoting her film Mission Mangal, revealed an interesting trivia about her cameo in her first Tamil film Nerkonda Parvaai.
The actress in an interview with Pinkvilla revealed that she signed the film because of Sridevi.
“I worshipped Sridevi as an actress and for the love I have for her and my affection for Boney Kapoor (who is the producer of the film), I agreed to a special appearance, ” she said.
Be it brilliantly essaying her on-screen characters or speaking up her mind during interviews, Vidya Balan who is all set to star in Mission Mangal recently opened up about her initial days in the film industry and how despite her struggles she kept a brave face on.
Talking about her journey, the 40-year-old actress said, “Coming from a non- filmi family I had no idea how to go about becoming an actress, yet I wanted to be one. It worried my family, though they have always supported me. It must have come as a relief to them when my first TV show, La Bella, shut down after a few months. They must have thought, ‘Chalo, abhi to bhoot utar jayega,’” she reminisces.
“It was three years of constant rejections from down South and there were days when I would go to sleep in tears. But next morning, I and smiling, hop something good would happen, and Parineeta did,” the actress told in an interview.
Talking about her similarities with her Mission Mangal character, Vidya further added, “But even when the challenges seem insurmountable, Tara (name of her character in the film) refuses to give up.”
The film is being helmed by R Balki, Jagan Shakti, Saketh Kondiparthi and Sajid-Farhad. The music of ‘Mission Mangal’ is composed by Amit Trivedi. ‘Mission Mangal’ is slated to release on Independence Day—August 15.(With Inputs from Mumbai).