Vidya Balan remembers Parineeta days

Vidya Balan was seen in a green Sabyasachi sari with a simple braid at the screening of her film Parineeta at the ongoing Vidhu Vinod Chopra festival.

Vidya Balan was seen in a green Sabyasachi sari with a simple braid at the screening of her film Parineeta at the ongoing Vidhu Vinod Chopra festival in Mumbai.

Vidya has some secrets to share with Parineeta director Pradeep Sarkar as her co-star Raima Sen looks on.
Vidya is one of the most sought after actresses today but her journey in filmdom wasn't a cake walk. The actress had to give over 60 screen tests for her debut Bollywood film, Parineeta.

Seen here with Raima Sen.
"I was doing ad films and I had signed quite a few South films but then I went through a phase of being called jinxed because my first South film was stopped midway and then other directors threw me out of their films. I started doing music videos but Dada (director Pradeep Sarkar) had told me he would make a film with me," said Vidya.

Vidya with Raima.

The lovely ladies pose again.

Vidya further added: "He (Pradeep Sarkar) went to Chopra (Producer) with the script and Chopra wanted a bigger star but he also said if I am able to show that I can do the role then they will take me. I gave over 60 tests right from Indian look, western look, curly hair, straight hair, song, emotional scene, etc. I kept doing it but later I was fed up as I was not aware if they were really going to take me or not. And the moment I gave up was the time when I got the film," 34-year-old actress recalled.
The Dirty Picture star also revealed that even director Pradeep Sarkar, made her do 28 takes to capture an emotional moment in the song Raat Humari Toh.

She shares a laugh with music director Shantanu Moitra, director Pradeep Sarkar, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Raima Sen and cinematographer Natarajan Subramaniam.
Vidya and Raima have a lot of gossip to catch up on.