Vidya Balan
is an Indian actress. She has established a career in Bollywood and is the
recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award, five Filmfare
Awards, and five Screen Awards, and was awarded the Padma Shri by the
Government of India in 2014. She is known for portraying strong female
protagonists and has been acknowledged in the media for pioneering a change in
the concept of a Hindi film heroine. While pursuing her master's degree, Vidya
was cast as the female lead in the Malayalam film Chakram, opposite Mohanlal
and was subsequently signed on for twelve other Malayalam language films.
However, due to production difficulties,
Chakram was shelved.The postponement of a film starring Mohanlal was an unheard
of occurrence in Malayalam cinema and film producers blamed Vidya for bringing
"bad luck" to the project; labelled her as a "jinx" and
replaced her in all the films that she had been contracted for.
