Vidya Balan, the Tamilian Iyer girl from Palghat (Kerala), always wanted to be an actress. This elegant beauty started her career as a model and has appeared in more than 25 ad films like Surf Excel, Ponds, Bajaj etc. Before getting a big break in Bollywood with the film 'Parineeta' (2005), she has acted in a few music videos with Euphoria, Shubha Mudgal, Pankaj Udhas etc, TV serials and a Bengali movie 'Bhalo Theko' and even won the best actress award, Anand Lok Puraskar in Kolkata.