Vidya Balan has had a topsy turvy career in these nearly two decades. With Parineeta and Lage Raho Munna Bhai , she proved to be a solid and reliable performer that had the charm and the screen presence to pull the characters off. With Heyy Babyy and Kismat Konnection , she went off the rails, only resurrecting herself with the delicious Ishqiya , the rollicking The Dirty Picture , and the gripping Kahaani .
Oh yes, in between, there was this film called Bhool Bhulaiyaa! Who can forget her as Manjulika! She basically played the role of Avni, emphatic towards this gorgeous and mysterious woman whose spirit haunts the haveli all the idiosyncratic characters reside in. It’s a film for the ages that has now bloomed into a franchise. She went missing in part two but returned with Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 that is quickly becoming the next blockbuster of the year.
And Balan has all the reasons to be elated, jubilant, and proud. In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, the actress opened up on coming back as Manjulika, working with Madhuri Dixit and Anees Bazmee, how Ishqiya was the film that made her fall in love with her craft all over again, and the importance of box-office. Edited excerpts from the interview You came back to Akshay Kumar in Heyy Babyy, Sanjay Dutt in Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Abhishek Bachchan in Paa, and now in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3.
How does it feel? (Laughs). Most number of comebacks I believe. It feels great that I have comeback to Bhool Bhulaiyaa after 17 years, it’s .