Actress Vidya Balan recently discussed a difficult incident from her first relationship. In an interview with the Indian Express, she remembered her first boyfriend, albeit not in a positive light. Vidya revealed that he cheated on her and explained how she found out.
“I have been cheated on. The first boy I dated cheated on me and I have to tell you he was just an a**. I remember we had just broken up and I bumped into him in college on Valentine’s Day and he turned around and said that ‘I am just going to meet my ex-girlfriend for a date.’ And I was like what? He literally crushed me that day but I have done better than that in life for myself,” she said.
During the same conversation, Vidya noted that male actors were uncomfortable acting beside her. Despite her great films, the actress stated that male stars have been hesitant to share screen space with her.
Vidya said, “I don’t think they’d be okay even today to star in a Vidya Balan film or a female-led film for that matter. It’s their loss honestly because we are doing better films than they are. I genuinely believe that. They are doing more formulae-based films, women-led films are far more exciting. Of course, people have been appreciative, but male stars are uncomfortable with women taking centre stage. I don’t think they’d be okay with anyone stealing the thunder. But I never felt bad. I was like if they are threatened, what can I do? (laughs)”
Vidya’s upcoming film, Do Aur Do Pyaar, starring her, Pratik Gandhi, Ileana D’Cruz, and Sendhil Ramamurthy. It’s a romantic comedy about a couple who fall out of love and start dating other people. However, when they reconnect over a holiday, they are unsure how to notify their other lovers.