Vidya Balan's love affair with nosepins
It’s Vidya Balan’s birthday today. As we wish her a day full of surprises and fun, we take a stroll down to memory lane. In the 90s, she had replaced Amita Nangia as Radhika in the sitcom Hum Paanch. As soon as the show went off air in 1999, the actress too sank into oblivion. Viewers missed the show. But no one remembered her. Six years later, Vidya was reported to have been making a comeback with films in Bhalo Theko and Pareenita. The industry and movie-buffs sat up and took notice of her unparalleled acting chops as soon as the films hit the theatres. She was an overnight star. But only Vidya alone knows, how difficult these six years were when either she was replaced or the projects altogether got shelved when she was struggling to get a break in south films. It was her never say die attitude that kept her going. However, her attempts to play typical heroine roles in Kismat Konnection and Heyy Baby, backfired. This did not bog down her either. Once again, she r...