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Vidya Balan, Who Broke The Bollywood Mold For Women, Calls For “Reinvention In The Female-Led Film Space”
Disruptor Vidya Balan opened doors for women in Bollywood.
Among Balan’s other successful films boasting lead female characters: The Dirty Picture, inspired by the life of South Indian actress Silk Smitha, who defied the norm in the ’80s doing sexually driven roles. Balan, who played Smitha, received wide acclaim as one of the boldest female performances in the history of Indian cinema; and Kahaani, which explored the impact of grief, the transformative power of trauma, and complexities of revenge. She went on to play a single mother grappling to raise a 12-year-old son in Paa; a seductive, manipulative widow in Ishqiya; the titular role in Shakuntala Devi; and an ambitious housewife who becomes a radio jockey for a late-night relationship advice show in Tumhari Sulu.
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