Yours Truly vidya Balan

Vidya Balan is hailed as the next big thing, among the current lot of Bollywood actresses. She banks on her beauty, grace and talent rather than on exposure like her other competitors.

Vidya was born in a middle class family in Palakkad, on the border of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Originally her family belongs to Tamil Iyer community. But she grew up in Mumbai. Her father PR Balan is Vice President of ETC Channel and her mother, a homemaker. She also has an older sister, Priya, who is married. She is known to be close to her sister and brother-in-law as well. Vidya handles several languages with ease, including her native Tamil, Malayalam, English, Hindi, and Bengali.