Vidya Balan says she was labelled ‘jinxed’ at the start of her career: ‘I lost faith in myself’

“In retrospect, I feel everything just worked out. After quitting the show, I started doing ad films and that worked in my favour. I think if I hadn’t left TV, I wouldn’t be doing other things,” she shared. The Jalsa actor added that her mother was still very hassled and would accompany her to every shoot. It took time for her to realise that the industry was not bad and also had educated people.

When Vidya Balan was asked why she decided to move to Bollywood and not do south films, she exclaimed, “Beggars can never be choosers”. The actor elaborated that she was signed for a Malayalam film with Mohanlal but it got shelved. And before that, she was verbally also confirmed for many other projects. However, as news of the film started spreading, she was labelled as ‘jinxed’ and that made her lose out on work.

“They did not realise that the industry was going through a tough time. I was called jinxed, and because of that, I lost faith in myself. It was a tough time and I faced a lot of rejections. However, since I was still doing ads then, I met Pradeep Sarkar, and the first day he told me I will make a film with you. So there was no question of choosing Parineeta, the film chose me,” she replied.

As readers would know, Pradeep Sarkar passed away some days back. He was not keeping well for the last few days and was admitted to the hospital where he breathed his last. Vidya, along with other actors like Deepika Padukone, Rani Mukerji, Dia Mirza and Divyanka Tripathi, among others were seen attending his last rites.

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