Vidya Balan wasn’t first alternative for Hum Paanch, stated she was an ‘awkward teenager’ when she was forged

Actor Vidya Balan broke into Bollywood with 2005’s Parineeta, however earlier than that, she had already established herself within the tv trade with a task within the hit sitcom Hum Paanch. The actor celebrates her birthday on January 1, and on the big day, right here’s a throwback to the time when she spoke about how she bought the a part of Radhika Mathur on the present. Vidya joined the present a yr after it first started airing. By the time, it was already an enormous hit, and Vidya stated that her mom was an enormous fan. Originally, actor Amita Nangia performed the function of Radhika on Hum Paanch. “I joined the cast one year into the launch and yet they welcomed me with so much warmth. We had nicknames for each other which I, obviously, can’t share,” she stated at a particular 2016 reunion, to mark the silver jubilee of Zee TV. Vidya added, “I had done a couple of ad films and was auditioning for television shows when Hum Paanch happened. The show was a huge hit when it first aired in 1995 and my mum, being an avid follower of the show, would always say that she’d like to see me in a show like Hum Paanch. One year later, I got a call from Ekta Kapoor who asked me if I would like to play the role of Radhika Mathur. My joy knew no bounds and I just wanted to scream and dance even before putting down the phone, but for some strange reason, I just said ‘Sure’.”Vidya additionally spoke about her expertise in a 2016 interview to Hindustan Times. “It was amazing how warm Shoma, Vandana and Bhairavi were,” she stated. “I was a very awkward teenager, who had never faced the camera properly, as I had done one amateur TV show.”Also learn: Vidya Balan says she was labelled ‘jinxed’ after her first movie was shelved, was changed in 7-8 initiativesHum Paanch additionally starred Shoma Anand, Bhairavi Raichuria, Vandana Pathak and Ashok Saraf, and aired from 1995 to 2006. Vidya is now among the many most bankable feminine actors within the nation, with hits corresponding to The Dirty Picture, Kahaani, and Tumhari Sulu to her identify. Her most up-to-date launch was the Shakuntala Devi biopic. Follow @htshowbiz for extra