Actress Vidya Balan had once shared how one difficult period in her career came when she was replaced in many South Indian films.
The disappoitment came after the shelving of a much-expected project starring superstar Mohanlal. Old video of Balan speaking about how she was termed 'jinxed' after her first film was shelved has been surfacing online again. In the video, she is seen saying, "For one and a half years in the South, no matter what I did, it never materialized. I was labeled 'jinxed' after signing two major Malayalam films, both of which were stalled in the middle, with 50 percent of the shooting already completed."
Adds, "When I first did my feature film with Mohanlal in Malayalam, I received 7-8 film offers after my first schedule. The only problem was that the film got shelved after the first schedule. Not only did the film get shelved, but I was also replaced in all the other films. I was labeled jinxed after that.". It really shook my confidence when I was suddenly replaced in all those films. I was even thrown out of a very big Tamil film at the time, too, so it was quite a turbulent period. 
Vidya made her film debut with the Bengali film "Bhalo Theko" in 2003. She ventured into Bollywood with "Parineeta" in 2005. The Pradeep Sarkar-directed musical romantic comedy earned the actress critical acclaim and shot her to instant fame.
The next film saw her act in a few films like "Lage Raho Munna Bhai", "Bhool Bhulaiyaa", "Paa", "Ishqiya", "No One Killed Jessica", "Kahaani, and biopic "The Dirty Picture".
The last we had seen Vidya on-screen was in Anees Bazmee's horror-comedy "Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3", where she reprises the iconic character that haunted as a dancing Manjulika in the movie. She is the kind of awaited come-back to be watched for, especially in this much-loved franchise post her memorable performance in the original in 2007.
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 is the third installment of this popular series. The latest film saw Kartik Aaryan reprise his Rooh Baba from the previous films. This time, he was accompanied by several other actors including Madhuri Dixit, Sanjay Mishra, Triptii Dimri, and Rajpal Yadav.
The horror-comedy released on November 1.
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