Meet THIS National Award Winning Actor Who Was Labelled 'Jinxed', Thrown Out Of 7-8 Films, Body-Shamed & Now..

National Award Winning Actress Who Was Once Labelled Jinxed: Today, we are talking about THIS National-Award winning actress who comes from a Tamil-Brahmin family. She kickstarted her career in Television and eventually became one of the prominent actresses of Indian cinema. Despite all the struggle and obstacles, this actress never gave up and made it to the top, inspiring all of us. She is...

Meet THIS National-Award Winning Actress Who Labelled 'Jinxed' & Thrown Out Of 7-8 Films

From 'Hum Paanch' to 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3', THIS actress' journey is one for the book and it's none other than Vidya Balan. She was only 16 years old when she made her acting debut in the popular sit-com 'Hum Paanch'. After doing TV for years, the actress wnated to transition to big screens and had signed a big Malayalam film opposite Mohanlal. During that time, she was offered 7-8 other films as well. But when her debut feature film got shelved, she was thrown out of all the other projects as well. Subsequently, she was labelled 'jinxed', 'unlucky' by producers.

During one of her interviews, she was seen saying, "In the South, for one and a half years, no matter what I did, it never seemed to materialize. I was labelled 'jinxed' after signing two major Malayalam films, both of which were halted midway, with 50% of the shooting already completed."

"When I first did my feature film with Mohanlal in Malayalam, I received 7-8 film offers after my first schedule. The only problem was that the film got shelved after the first schedule. Not only did the film get shelved, but I was also replaced in all the other films. I was labelled jinxed after that. My confidence was deeply affected when I was replaced in all those films. I was even thrown out of a very big Tamil film at the time," she added.

When Vidya Balan Opened Up On Being Body-Shamed

For the longest part of her career, Vidya Balan had been hugely body-shamed for her figure. She once stated that producers would urge her to shed some body weight before starting any project. She further revealed that she was going through some health challenges, because of which it was tough for her to lose weight.

Now, the actress is riding high on the glorious success of her latest release 'Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3'. The actress has been receiving rave reviews for her performance as 'Manjulika' in Kartik's film.