Vidya Balan Awards

"Shefali Shah and Rasika Duggal, thank you for making us proud," wrote Best Actor nominee Arjun Mathur

"I remember I wasn't nominated for my performance in Bhool Bhulaiyaa at the award ceremonies," said Vidya Balan

IIFA Awards 2018: Sridevi won Best Actress (posthumously) for MOM while Irrfan Khan got Best Actor Award for Hindi Medium

IIFA Awards 2018: Sridevi won Best Actress (posthumously) for MOM, in which she played a mother seeking revenge for her daughter's rape

IIFA Awards 2018: Bareilly Ki Barfi, Hindi Medium and Toilet - Ek Prem Katha are also nominated for Best Film

IIFA Nominations 2018: Tumhari Sulu scored nominations in seven categories as it fetched nominations for both Vidya Balan and Suresh Triveni

The Filmfare Awards 2018 was held in Mumbai last night

Filmfare Awards 2018: Irrfan Khan won the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for Hindi Medium while the movie received the Best Film award

Filmfare Awards 2018: The star-studded event was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar

When a reporter asked Vidya Balan if she plans to lose weight, the actress said, that people like him should lose that mindset

"With due respect to everyone who has been involved in this controversy, I am bored of this," said Vidya Balan

She joins the ranks of actresses like Tanvi Azmi, Sridevi and Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Tabu, Vidya Balan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra

Vidya Balan, who made her debut in Bollywood with 2005's Parineeta, also featured in films like Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, The Dirty Picture and Kahaani. Vidya also featured in the television serial Hum Paanch. She is currently busy filming Te3n

Paa also won several awards including the National Film Award in 2010. Big B won the Best Actor award for his performance while Paa was also named the Best Feature Film in Hindi. Directed by R Balki, Paa featured Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek and Vidya Balan

The decision of a varied group of filmmakers, authors and poets to return government-granted awards as a form of protest has left opinion divided and India's film fraternity fractured. Supriya Pathank asked: "Are we gaining anything from that? Have you been able to make a point that something has changed? Whom are we pressurising by this?"

"Shefali Shah and Rasika Duggal, thank you for making us proud," wrote Best Actor nominee Arjun Mathur

"I remember I wasn't nominated for my performance in Bhool Bhulaiyaa at the award ceremonies," said Vidya Balan

IIFA Awards 2018: Sridevi won Best Actress (posthumously) for MOM while Irrfan Khan got Best Actor Award for Hindi Medium

IIFA Awards 2018: Sridevi won Best Actress (posthumously) for MOM, in which she played a mother seeking revenge for her daughter's rape

IIFA Awards 2018: Bareilly Ki Barfi, Hindi Medium and Toilet - Ek Prem Katha are also nominated for Best Film

IIFA Nominations 2018: Tumhari Sulu scored nominations in seven categories as it fetched nominations for both Vidya Balan and Suresh Triveni

The Filmfare Awards 2018 was held in Mumbai last night

Filmfare Awards 2018: Irrfan Khan won the Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for Hindi Medium while the movie received the Best Film award

Filmfare Awards 2018: The star-studded event was hosted by Shah Rukh Khan and Karan Johar

When a reporter asked Vidya Balan if she plans to lose weight, the actress said, that people like him should lose that mindset

"With due respect to everyone who has been involved in this controversy, I am bored of this," said Vidya Balan

She joins the ranks of actresses like Tanvi Azmi, Sridevi and Manisha Koirala, Urmila Matondkar, Tabu, Vidya Balan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra

Vidya Balan, who made her debut in Bollywood with 2005's Parineeta, also featured in films like Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, The Dirty Picture and Kahaani. Vidya also featured in the television serial Hum Paanch. She is currently busy filming Te3n

Paa also won several awards including the National Film Award in 2010. Big B won the Best Actor award for his performance while Paa was also named the Best Feature Film in Hindi. Directed by R Balki, Paa featured Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek and Vidya Balan

The decision of a varied group of filmmakers, authors and poets to return government-granted awards as a form of protest has left opinion divided and India's film fraternity fractured. Supriya Pathank asked: "Are we gaining anything from that? Have you been able to make a point that something has changed? Whom are we pressurising by this?"