National award winning actress Vidya Balan is a name that needs no introduction. The ‘Kahani’ actress has the power to cast a magic spell on the audience with her phenomenal performances. She is not a regular heroine who relies on skin show to be successful. She doesn’t fit in the regular criteria of a commercial heroine but she delivers one hit conte-based film after another.
She is married to producer Siddharth Roy Kapur and it was Karan Johar who played cupid in their relationship. Talking about her love story, she said, “Actually, I’ve never wanted to be married, I have to be honest with you. I never saw myself as someone who could get married. I wanted to be with someone, but I never saw myself as getting married. But at a certain age, Parineeta happened when I was 26, and by 30 I’d seen a lot of success, and I wanted to share it with someone. I dated a few people but it didn’t quite work out. But I was feeling lonely. At the end of the day, you want to share your triumphs and disasters with someone outside of their family… I dated a few people, and it didn’t turn out well. It actually put me off, and I decided, you know what, forget it.”
She claimed that her husband was one good-looking man and it was ‘lust at first sight’ for her. She said, “Obviously, it is always lust at first sight. Of course, there was some emotional connection, but it started with a physical attraction. He is the most good-looking man. To me, he is the most good-looking man I know. But I also got attracted to the fact he is a very secure man. He is more secure than most men I have met. I have seen my father, who is very secure. And as they say, you look for your parents in your partner. So, therefore, what drew me to him was how secure he was in being who he is. He is very private but very authentic, there is no facade. He is not fake.”
Vidya added, “I don’t know whether he hit on me, But I definitely think that he made the first move. Because I am too… I don’t think I would have made the first move… whether he wanted to be with the actor or with the person, those are things you wonder about. So, I just would not have made the first move with anyone because this was so fresh, fame was a new thing I was faced with. So yeah, he made the first move.”
