Was sleepwalking through my earlier films, 'Ishqiya' was the movie I was waiting for: Vidya Balan

Was sleepwalking through my earlier films, 'Ishqiya' was the movie I was waiting for: Vidya Balan

Mumbai, Jun 28 (PTI) Actor Vidya Balan on Wednesday said a lot of her earlier films emerged as box office hits but she wasn't satisfied by playing the romantic interest opposite the male lead, a situation that changed for her when she was offered "Ishqiya".

Balan made her Hindi film debut with "Parineeta" in 2005, and before "Ishqiya", she played the female lead in films such as "Lage Raho Munna Bhai", "Salaam-e-Ishq", "Kismat Konnection", and "Heyy Babyy".

While there's great talent in doing what "your quintessential Bollywood heroine" does with conviction, the 44-year-old said she couldn't bring herself to do it.