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COVER STORY
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                                            From her debut in Parineeta to
                                            the bold actress in The Dirty
                                            Picture, the pregnant woman
                                            in Kahaani and a temptress
                                            in Ishqiya, Vidya Balan has
                                            garnered a place for herself
                                            amongst  the  heroes  of the
                                            industry with her huge talent
                                            and iconic  women-oriented
                                            roles. While her last two films
                                            Ghanchakkar  and Shaadi
                                            Ke Side Effects did not do
                                            well at the box office, Vidya
                                            is  now looking  forward  to
                                            her  upcoming  film,  Bobby
                                            Jasoos, where she  plays
                                            a detective. The vivacious
                                            actress  talks  about  the  film
                                            and  looks  back  upon her
                                            career in a candid interview.




        Tell  us something about  your  role of a   and it was this trait of the character which   that of Karamchand and his assistant Kitty.
        lady detective in Bobby Jasoos.  How well   I could identify with. Like Bobby I too hail   For some reason, I never think of Sherlock
        did you connect to the role in the film?  from  a  simply family in Chembur. It is a   Holmes. Even during the workshops  for
        Bobby is a lady detective with a difference.   well-known fact that I worked my way up   the  film,  I  started  imitating  Karamchand’s
        Most detectives resort to various tricks in the   in films despite having no godfathers in the   mannerisms and asked my on screen sister to
        trade to solve complex mysteries. They also   industry.                play the role of Kitty.  Pankaj Kapur’s wife,
        don multiple avatars but Bobby is someone                              Supriya Pathak, who plays my mother’s role
        who is a specialist in disguises. She is very   Apparently your role is inspired by Pankaj   in the film, was also amused when she saw
        street smart and uses her common sense in   Kapur’s character in the detective serial   me playing the character to the hilt.
        difficult circumstances. The best part about   Karamchand. How far is it true?
        her is that she hails from a small town and   Actually whenever I think of a detective,   Which  of  your  disguises  in  the  film  did
        aspires to become the world’s best detective   the  first  image  that  comes  to  my  mind  is   you find the most challenging?



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