I have retained my identity after marriage: Vidya Balan.

In the Hindi film industry, where most
actors choose to maintain a political stance,
Vidya Balan is one the few actors who has
always spoken her mind. While she credits
that to her South Indian upbringing', Vidya
is of the opinion that a woman should
choose to retain her personality after
marriage. Excerpts from an interview:
After The Dirty Picture, you were offered
multiple biopics. Have you liked any of the
scripts that were offered to you?
I would love to do a biopic on Meena
Kumari. In all fairness, I was offered one
right after The Dirty Picture but it was so
soon, that I didn't want to do it. May be
Indira Gandhi, Meena Kumari, and M S
Subbalakshmi. I came very close to playing
her and it didn't happen, so still hoping and
praying that it happens someday.
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Do you think the situation has improved for
married actresses in Bollywood today vis--
vis their careers?
All around us, nobody's lives are stopping
after marriage. The industry is a part of
society so that's bound to happen even
with actresses. It' a great thing that we are
not pressing the pause button on our
careers anyway, whether it is after
marriage or child birth. We don't need to
prove to anyone that we are as dedicated.
But yes, maybe we're just more committed
to ourselves.
It's been four years that you have been
married. Has marriage changed you?
Initially, you know that there is some
change happening but you aren't really
about to figure that out. But you finally
realise that you don't really think of yourself.
When you get married, people are seeing
you only as unit and not as two individuals.
And then, it is up to you whether you still
want to retain your individuality, which I
think I have managed to do. I am only
talking about myself because these
questions are never asked to Siddharth
(Roy Kapur, husband).
And now, I have reached a stage where I
am saying that I am okay with the fact that I
am a unit. I know that even if we are a unit,
it does not mean that I am compromising
my individuality. Initially, it seemed to me
like that was what was expected of me. I
don't feel the need to prove that we are a
unit and those things confused me initially,
but now I think I am fine.
Does the when are you starting a family'
question bother you?
It used to be annoying, now it's amusing.
Now I have started embarrassing people so
they've stopped asking me. They ask me
when you are having a baby, so I say that
the next time we are together, we will
definitely call you.
And what the pact where you have decided
to not work with Siddharth?
It's complicated. When Ghanchakkar didn't
work I went through a lot of guilt and he
kept telling me that it's ridiculous. It could
have been any other actor in that place and
the film would've still not worked. But I
don't want to go through all that ever
again. Also you want some difference
between a studio and a house because you
don't want to talk about the same thing
everywhere.

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