With
two
bumper
hits
in
her
kitty
Vidya
Balan's
career
is
going
great
guns.
Lots
of
commercial
successes.
Plenty
to
smile
about.
"I
was
very
happy
about
all
my
five
releases
in
2007,
though
some
of
them
didn't
do
well.
From
the
very
start
when
Dada
(Pradeep
Sarkar)
showed
so
much
faith
in
me
by
giving
me
Parineeta,
the
industry
has
made
a
substantial
space
for
me.
By
the
grace
of
God,
there're
lots
of
interesting
roles
happening.
I'm
in
the
process
of
signing
some
more.
Since
I
came
to
cinema
my
criteria
for
signing
a
role
remains
unchanged.
I've
never
been
in
a
hurry
to
get
anywhere.
Things
are
happening
at
a
pace
I'm
enjoying.
And
I'm
not
insecure.
Jo
hoga
achcha
hi
hoga."
She
ponders
for
a
few
seconds
as
kids
approach
her
for
her
autograph
at
the
airport.
Then
she
says,
"I
don't
regret
anything.
I'm
a
hopeless
optimist.
I
feel
what
I've
to
go
through
will
happen
regardless
of
how
much
I
fight
it."
The
industry
is
looking
at
Akshay
Kumar
and
Vidya
as
a
hit
jodi
after
Heyy
Babyy
and
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa.
"I'd
love
for
us
to
be
seen
that
way.
Even
Katrina
-
Akshay
look
great
together.
I'd
love
to
work
with
Akshay
again.
Yes,
we've
offers
together.
He's
a
great
co-star.
The
icing
on
the
cake
is
our
films
together
have
worked."
In
Bhool
Bhulaiyaa,
Vidya
invested
demoniacal
energy.
"Yes,
it
was
a
frightening
experience.
My
director
Priyadarshan
handled
the
last
20
minutes
of
the
story
when
I
get
into
a
supernatural
rage
of
dance,
very
intelligently.
I
love
Priyan.
He's
a
man
of
few
words.
We
even
converse
in
Malayalam."
This
year
Vidya
was
supposed
to
do
another
film
with
Priyan.
"But
there's
a
problem
with
the
leading
man.
I'd
love
to
work
with
Priyan
again.
I've
been
fortunate
in
the
fact
that
directors
have
signed
me
more
than
once."
So
is
she
doing
her
Heyy
Babyy
director
Sajid
Khan's
film?
"There's
been
no
formal
talk
on
this.
Sajid
hasn't
offered
me
the
role.
I've
been
reading
reports
that
I'm
doing
the
film.
Right
now,
he's
writing
his
next
film...I'm
lucky
to
be
a
part
of
the
movie
industry
when
leading
ladies
are
no
longer
decorative.
It's
providential
that
I
started
with
Parineeta."
She
gets
sentimental
about
Pradeep
Sarkar.
"Staying
away
from
his
second
film
Laaga
Chunari
Mein
Daag
was
unbearable
for
me.
I
want
to
be
part
of
his
next
film
for
sure.
Any
hopes
for
2008?
"Add
some
spice
to
my
own
life
and
not
wait
for
others
to
do
it
for
me.
I
would
like
love
to
happen.
But
I'm
not
holding
my
breath
for
it.
Yes,
there're
times
when
I
get
lonely.
But
most
of
the
time
I'm
quite
happy
being
with
my
family
and
myself."
Unlike
Preity
Zinta,
Vidya
has
made
no
pledge
to
stay
away
from
actors
in
her
personal
life.
"Some
people
are
doctors,
others
are
actors.
My
companion
can
be
from
any
walk
of
life.
If
he's
an
actor
we
can
both
carry
our
own
mirrors
to
the
sets
and
be
narcissistic
individually
.And
we
can
have
mirrors
all
over
the
house.
Instead
of
looking
into
each
other's
eyes,
we
can
look
into
the
mirrors," Vidya
jokes
and
flies
off
to
another
destination.
Story first published: Friday, April 4, 2008, 14:17 [IST]