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]]>Vidya Balan has so far featured in the biopics The Dirty Picture (2011) and Shakuntala Devi (2020). The Dirty Picture is inspired by the life of late actor Silk Smitha. Last year, Vidya starred in and as Shakuntala Devi.
Speaking with Pinkvilla, Vidya Balan said, “Not every biopic is impactful or well made. I have been offered so many biopics, but I decided on doing very few. Sometimes, it’s an inspiring story but not dramatic or cinematic enough. A biopic needs all the elements to be interesting. At times, it is great to read about somebody but you don’t see it as a celluloid experience.”
She also added, “There is an explosion of biopics but not every biopic is going to be watched. Only good ones will work and there has to be something unique that differentiates a biopic from the other ones. The structure of biopics is pretty much the same for everything and it can get boring after a while. Just an inspiring story or personality is not enough for a biopic, it has to be told in a unique manner. There could be 100s of them, but only a few will make the cut.”
Meanwhile, Vidya was last seen in the Amazon Prime Video’s Sherni. She played the role of Vidya Vincent–a forest officer. Recently, the actor’s short film Natkhat was also released.
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]]>A few scenes where she responds as her mother-in-law (played by Ila Arun) puts forth her expectations are especially telling. For instance, the sequence where Ila Arun’s character tells Vidya to wear jewelry when they are going to her colleague’s house for dinner showed how women have expectations from their daughters-in-law but not their sons.
Talking about the scene and her character, Ila told that while she doesn’t feel her role was of a “conservative” mother-in-law, she can understand why today’s generation can see her as a part of the problem.
“Her aspiration and behaviour is akin to how an Indian mother-in-law will behave in the real world too. In the scene, where my character tells Vidya to dress up, my character is sketched in a way that she wants Vidya to feel loved as well. There is a sort of competition between the mother and the mother-in-law because I want to put across that she is mine too. So, I am not conservative but maybe a possessive mother who will always keep her son as her priority, which is natural and happens in real life too,” she said..
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]]>Sherni released on OTT platform Amazon Prime Video on June 18 at midnight. Vidya Balan also took to Twitter to share how special Sherni is to her. She tweeted, “This one is always going to be special! Here’s to all the tigresses… always keep your head and spirit high.”
Vidya Balan’s portrayal of a strong character in Sherni has impressed the netizens. A fan wrote, “Still watching, but what a movie so far. Take a bow Vidya Balan, Vijay Raaz and the entire cast of #Sherni along with Amit Masurkar’s brilliant direction. You wouldn’t want to miss this one.” Another tweeted, “In the pool of mediocre cinema, there’s always a Sherni that stands out and that’s @vidya_balan.” It appears that after delivering films like The Dirty Picture, Kahaani and No One Killed Jessica, Vidya Balan has roared again with Sherni.
Sherni” is the latest Balan film to put a woman in the forefront and follow her struggle, after a series of movies like “Shakuntala Devi” (2020), “Mission Mangal” (2019) and 2017 drama “Tumhari Sulu”.
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]]>During a virtual press conference, the actor said the film is a representation of women of all kinds, who are striving to make a change.
“You don’t need to roar to be a tigress. There are various shades, reflections of ‘sherni’ (tigress) that each of us represents. My character is a woman of few words, reserved but strong-willed. So you can be that.”
“You don’t have to scream out loud from the rooftops to be heard all the time or even be visible all the time. In each of the households in India, there’s a ‘sherni’ and a lot of times she’s invisible. This is my salute to all of them out there,” Balan told reporters.
Produced by T-Series and Abundantia Entertainment, “Sherni” is set to stream on Amazon Prime Video on June 18.
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