Vidya Balan opened out about the pressure she faced to fit the mould of a certain kind of strong female character during an interview. Vidya Balan is not your normal type of leading lady seen in Bollywood films. The 44-year-old performer, who has delivered a number of performances that broke new ground, has recently discussed how she is content with the fact that she does not comply.

Vidya said, in an interview with Barkha Dutt for Mojo Stories, that she was unable to comply to the industry’s concern with labelling actors. Barkha Dutt conducted the interview. There was a significant amount of pressure on me to play a particular kind of heroine, but that’s not who I am at all “She made a statement. I’ve put a lot of effort into it, but I simply haven’t been able to figure out where I belong in this world, and I’m still looking. They never stopped making attempts to classify and identify me in some manner.

The actress who plays the lead role in Kahaani also addressed the criticism she faced for playing a married woman in her debut film, Parineeta, as well as how it hindered her chances of having a successful career. She remarked, “someone told me,” “Oh what a wonderful break in Parineeta, but you came in as a woman, now people need to view you as a girl.” “Oh what a break in Parineeta, what a tremendous break in.” It was the year 2010, and I had already reached the age of maturity as a lady.

Vidya made the following observation in reference to the altering dynamics in the business: “Because to the fact that this is still a prevalent tendency, there is a greater likelihood that films starring male leads will be successful than films starring female leads.

It’s frustrating because it’s been demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that it doesn’t matter who the hero is since people are simply coming in for knowledge and entertainment, but perhaps that’s because we’re too cowardly to take a risk on anything new.