Vidya Balan Bonded To Bengal And Durga Puja
October 15th, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
October 15, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Vidya Balan is in Kolkata, shooting for the film ‘Kahaani’ and the actress is delighted to be present in the city during Durga Puja. Balan has a strong bond with Bengal and the Bengali festival for quite some time now.
First time appeared on-screen was in a music video of Euphoria where she got married to the band’s lead singer Palash Sen in Bengali style next she made her film debut in a Bengali film named Bhalo Theko. Soon it was followed by an ad film which saw her with Soumitra Chatterjee and Madhabi Mukherjee and it was shot had the setting was of Durga Puja.
Next in her Hindi film debut Vidya was seen in Pradeep Sarkar’s Parineeta a film inspired by Benglai novelist Sarat Chandra Chattophadhyay’s novella by the same name saw her helping both Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt in a dance sequence with dhunuchi in a sequence of Durga Puja. So for the lady Ma Durga has been present in various times of her career.
Now that she is in Kolkata during the festival has only going to enhance her Durga Puja experience much more as now Vidya will know exactly how the energy of the city soars during these few days.
– Sampurn Wire

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