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Vidya Balan's Punjabi housewife character in Ghanchakkar found no takers, here's what you can expect from her next outing as a Bengali wife

Upala KBR (DNA; July 22, 2013)

Vidya Balan is gearing up to play the Missus once again. Marriage has been a major part of Vidya Balan's life lately. First came Kahaani (2011) in which she played the role of pregnant wife in search of her husband's killer. On December 14, 2012, she tied the knot with producer Siddharth Roy Kapoor. Then came Ghanchakkar (2013). About playing a housewife in the film, she says, "When I signed Ghanchakkar, people asked me why I wanted to play a housewife since it all sounded very boring. But I don't think housewives are boring… they run their houses, which most of us tend to underestimate, and they also find ways to entertain themselves."

In her next release Shaadi Ke Side Effects (sequel to Pyaar Ke Side Effects) she plays a married woman once again. Here's looking at the differences in her character from her last film from the one in her next…

Ghanchakkar: VB's character was loud, boisterous and temperamental. She played a Punjabi housewife, married to (Sanju) Emraan Hashmi.
Shaadi Ke Side Effects: In this one, Vidya plays a smart, stylish, modern woman, who works in an ad agency, and is married to a Bengali guy called Sid Roy (Farhan Akhtar).

G: She played a housewife, who was a former con. She is pushy and ambitious and urges her husband to pull the one big con after which they can retire.
SKSE: She plays a working woman who gives up her work after a baby. Her priorities are in the right place and she's a good mother.

G: She dressed in outlandish outfits in loud colours and wore horrendous OTT accessories.
SKSE: Vidya will be seen in stylish and sexy outfits in light, breezy colours. Her look was worked on by producer Rangita Nandy and stylist Jayati Bose, for months, till they finally came up with the right one.

G: The curvacious actress piled on more pounds to suit her character. A south Indian, shelearnt to speak Punjabi for the role.
SKSE: Vids has lost almost 12 kgs before she started shooting. Post-Ghanchakkar, she followed a strict diet and exercise regimen to shed all the weight she had put on. She speaks Bengali fluently, so that she didn't have to work on.

G: While Vidya has done a TV show (Hum Paanch) she had never done a comedy role. This was her first attempt at the funnies on the big screen. It didn't really work.
SKSE: This light-hearted romcom revolving around a husband-wife relationship; seems to be more audience-friendly from her last cinematic outing.