The veteran Bollywood actress Ila Arun recently lauded Vidya Balan for her work in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 during an event held in Mumbai. During the Mumbai LitFest “Celebrating Women: The Shashi Baliga Memorial Session – My Medley” actresses like Vidya Balan, Ila Arun, and Anjula Bedi were present. During a segment for Ila Arun’s much-awaited autobiography, the actress praised Vidya Balan’s talent and compared her with Meena Kumari. Ila Arun’s comment on Vidya Balan was the highest moment of the entire event.
Highlights
- Ila Arun, Vidya Balan, and Anjula Bedi attended the “Celebrating Women: The Shashi Baliga Memorial Session – My Medley” at the Mumbai LitFest.
- During the launch of her autobiography, Ila Arun highlighted Vidya Balan’s talent and compared her with Meena Kumari.
- Ila Arun’s autobiography “Parde Ke Peechhey” also has a special chapter dedicated to Vidya Balan.
- Ila Arun deeply admires Vidya Balan, especially for her work in a 2005 Parineeta film.
Ila Arun who has a long experience working in Bollywood, finally launched her much-awaited autobiography. She launched her self-written book at the Mumbai LitFest event. As Ila Arun was about to launch her autobiography “Parde Ke Peechhey”, the spotlight was on her. However, she admired actress Vidya Balan for her amazing work.
Arun even pointed to several works of Vidya Balan while highlighting her talent and expressing her deep admiration for her. Interestingly, Ila Arun also has penned down a special segment dedicated to Vidya Balan in her autobiography Parde Ke Peechhey. It seemed that Ila Arun was waiting for an opportunity to get the right platform to share her extensive respect for Vidya Balan. Interestingly, she even compared the Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 actress with the legendary Meena Kumari.
She also discussed a special passage from the chapter about Vidya Balan in her autobiography to reveal her deep admiration for her, especially for her performance in a 2005 film titled Parineeta. Ila Arun lauded Vidya Balan’s amazing screen presence, embodying the grace, and elegance reminiscent of legendary actresses like Meena Kumari. After this, Ila Arun also talked about Vidya Balan’s adaptability to work in front of the camera and also discussed the time when they worked together on a project titled “Begum Jaan”.
Arun said that she cannot forget how impressed she was when she saw Vidya Balan in ‘Parineeta.’ Vidya was looking different from all the other actresses. At that time, Vidya was a mature woman while having the beauty and significance of the actresses of old times, particularly Meena Kumari. Vidya brought back the dignity of the original Parineeta, the beautiful Meena Kumari. According to Ila Arun, Vidya represents the heroines of all eras of Hindi films. Vidya has an expressive face that effortlessly speaks volumes. In addition, she also has a resemblance to a Bengali woman.
Vidya was too young to play the role of the madam of a kotha in Begum Jaan. A similar role in Mandi was played by Shabana who looked the part because she was a seasoned actress. Shabana also had to gain weight to play the role but for Vidya, it was a big challenge to play a role like this at a young age. At that time Arun told Vidya that she saw Meena Kumari in her and she should do Sahib Biwi Aur Ghulam 1962 as Vidya would be the right choice for the role. To conclude the event, Ila Arun gave a beautiful performance which was also joined by Vidya Balan to celebrate the enduring spirit of women in the entertainment industry.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Vidya Balan was last seen in horror-comedy film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.
- She will be next seen in Indira- The Movie Actor.
