Vidya Balan Birthday, Age, Weight, Family, Husband, Children Biography

September 18, 2024

Bio Data / Biography

Vidya Balan is an Indian film Actress, she known for his adult film “The Dirty Picture”and famous song “Oo La La Oo La La”. Vidya turned 43 (age) on 1st January and celebrated birthday with her family and her husband Sidharth Roy Kapur. She has mastered in many regional languages and featured in Forbes 100 Celebrity of India, her family belongs to Tamilian descent.

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Bio Data / Biography

Genuine Name	Vidya P. Balan
Pet & Nickname	Vidhi
Profession Line	Actress
BoyFriend	Sidharth Roy Kapur
Matrimony	Married
Husband	Sidharth Roy Kapur (Businessman and Producer)
Marriage Date	14 December 2012
Children	None
Fan Followers	3.3 million(Instagram- vidyabalan)

Morphology (Physical Appearance)

Weight	70 kg, 154 pounds
Height	163 centimeters 1.63 meters 5’feet 4’’inches
Figure value (anterior & posterior)	35 – 30 – 35
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Black
Skin Color	Almond

Career Path

In the age of 16, she started her first show with Ekta Kapoor Hum Paanch as a Radhika, but she focus on her study first after completion of her education she worked in it.

Vidya began her work with debut Bengali film Bhalo Theko in 2003 and gain fame after her debut movie in Bollywood Parineeta with famous co-star Sanjay Dutt and Saif Ali Khan

She was acted in comedy film Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006) with opposite Sanjay Dutt and also woked in radio jockey.

In 2007, next comedy movie Heyy Babyy woked with Akshay Kumar in which Balan looks as a modern western role.

She got fame and popularity after working in The Dirty Picture (2011) which is adult based movie and successfully on box office, highest grossing film on that time.

Balan got offered to play a comedy role in romantic movie Kismat Konnection with opposite co-starring Shahid Kapoor.

Year	Movies	Role
2003	Baalo Theko	Anandi
2006	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Jhanvi
2007	Guru	Meenu
2007	Bhool Bhulaiyaa	Manjulika
2009	Paa	Vidya
2011	The Dirty Picture	Reshma
2013	Once Upon a Time In Mumbai Dobaara	—-

Controversy

In 2011, for her adult film “The Dirty Picture” in south India some social activist and protester burned many posters of her film, and Silk Smitha’s brother also went in Andhra Pradesh High Court to oppose her sister portrayal in the film.

Personal Life (History)

Vidya was born in Kerala but grew up in Chembur Mumbai and completed her schooling from St. Anthony Girls High School, since her childhood she was aspired to build career in film.

Her parents was inspired of her decision to pursued in film industry but they encouraged for study to complete first than focus on entertainment.

When she completed her Master degree from University of Mumbai then she offered a lead role in Malayalam film.

Date of birth	1st January 1978 (Sunday)
Age	42 years (as in 2020)
Birth Place	Poothamkurussy, Puthur, Palakkad, Kerala, India
Birth & Zodiac sign	Capricorn (based on date of birth)
Nationality	Indian
Religion	Hinduism
Home villa	Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Address	In front of sea-Juhu Tara Road, Mumbai
School Academy	St. Anthony Girl’s High School, Mumbai, Maharashtra
College	St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai University of Mumbai, Mumbai
Last Qualification	Master in Sociology Course
Food & Dietary habits	Vegetarian
Interest & Hobbies	Reading
Salary	10 crore/film (INR)
Net Worth	210 Crore ($28 million)

Family & Ancestor

Mother	Saraswathy Balan (housewife)
Father	P.R. Balan (Executive Vice-President of Digicable)
Brother	Not known
Sister	Priya Balan(advertiser in company)

Favourite & Beloved things

Favourite Food	Thai cuisine
Actor	Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Morgon Freeman, AI Pacino, Amitabh Bachchan
Song	Oo La La
Favourite Actress	Madhuri Dixit, Shabana Azmi, Kate Winslet, Julie Delphy, Julia Roberts
Favourite Films	Bollywood:- Gol Maal (1979), Hollywood:- Before Sunrise, Before Sunset
Musician	Zakir Hussain, Mohammed Rafi, Indian Ocean, Michael jackson
Perfume	Issey Miyake, Elizabeth Arden
Book	The Little Princess (Frances Hodgson Burnett)
Favourite Holiday & Destination(s)	Newyork and New Zeeland
Favourite Colour & Dye(s)	Red

Luxury Style

Car collection-

Mercedes E-Class

Some minor known facts about Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan drinks alcohol in parties but does not smoke.
She also featured in “Celebrity 100” by the Forbes India in 2012 and 2013.
According to “The Economic Times” she considered as one of the prominent star as a brand ambassador in India.

In 2014, Vidya was awarded by Padma Shri for her contribution in Film Industry and doctorate degree from Rai University as a Honar.
India Today considered her in list of most powerful women in 2012.
She is a huge fan of author ‘Paulo Coelho’ and read every famous book of his.

Vidya has two famous brothers-in-law, actor Aditya Roy Kapur and Kunaal Roy.

Her cousin sister ‘Priyamani’ which is south Indian actress, worked in Chennai Express in item song.
She speaks 5 fluent languages such as English, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali.
She changed her husband and his family for Bengali language and encouraged to speak in Bengali with her because she is very good in Bengali and speaks fluently as a mother tongue of her.