Vidya Balan: Two years ago, I almost came close to doing TV, but it didn't work out

It is a well-known fact that actress Vidya Balan started her acting career with the famous comedy TV show 'Hum Paanch'. Since she began her career with television, one would have thought that she might revisit the medium at one point in time. Talking about the same, the actress revealed, “Two years ago, I almost came close to doing TV. It was an ambitious talk show and I was interested. For the want of a better comparison, I would say it was like 'Satyamev Jayate' (Aamir Khan’s talk show). However, the makers wanted to incorporate some comedy gigs in the middle of the show! And that I felt was diluting the concept. It didn’t work out.”

Since then, Vidya has been getting offers to judge shows but the actress says she's not interested. "When they call me to judge a dance show, I am shocked! I tell them that people will turn around and say, ‘Aap kuch karke dikhao’. As for fiction shows, I am not interested. I am not ready to do TV, yet,” she said. Talking about short films, the actress said, “I was on the jury of an awards show for short films. I saw 35 films, and I must say the ideas are great and compelling, but I found them lacking in execution. So, right now, I don’t think I will be venturing into that.”

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Credits: DNA