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Vidya Balan Once Helped A Journalist Deal With The Loss Of His Mother; Actress Pulled-Off A Photoshoot Without Charging A Penny

While we all are well aware of Vidya Balan's empathetic nature, a journalist recently revealed a heart-wrenching story of the time when she helped him cope-up from his mother’s demise

Gretel Sequeira

Sat Jul 04 2020, 17:03:15 6492 views
Actress Vidya Balan rose to fame with sheer hard work and stellar performances in Bollywood films. The actress started her acting career from television and has become a successful Bollywood star now, all by the love of her fans. The star of the people that she is,  Vidya Balan remains to be humble despite all the fame. As the actress is known for her kindness, and recently we got a glimpse of it as a media group executive revealed a heart-wrenching story of the time when she helped him cope-up from his mother’s sad demise.

Taking to his Twitter handle, a journalist shared a thread of tweets talking about what separates actors from the ‘outside’ from other privileged ones. Sharing his personal experience, Soumyadipta shared a story that dates back to May 2012 when he joined a media group as Bureau Chief in Mumbai. He mentioned that his brief was to work with a newly formed team in Kolkata which was launching a Bengali newspaper and revealed how the stakes were high for him and even work pressure. The media group executive continued to share how at that time, his mother was suffering from terminal stage cancer. Sharing his story further, Soumyadipta mentioned that it was a very difficult time for him to run around for the treatment of his mother and rise up to the challenge of launching a newspaper in a market. 

Amidst all the issues, Soumyadipta shared that it was the time when Durga Puja was fast approaching and him along with his team decided to launch a special Puja edition with the perfect 'Bengali' face in Bollywood. After many editorial meetings, the media group executive shared that the Kolkata team decided to move over all Bengali actresses in Mumbai and voted overwhelmingly for a Tamil actress, who was none other than Vidya Balan. Read the story below:



During all of this, Soumyadipta’s mother breathed her last and he rushed to Kolkata as his world became grey and blurred. Read his continued tweets below: Also Read: Natkhat: 'Vidya Balan Brought The Character To Life’, Reveals Director Shaan Vyas; Also Shares Why They Cast A Girl In A Boy’s Role - EXCLUSIVE



Then, Soumyadipta received a message from Vidya Balan asking him how he was. The media group executive then revealed how he shared the complications of the special photoshoot project with Vidya Balan, where the actress just replied back to him with a smiley. Read the next tweets to understand more.



When Vidya Balan and her creative team tried helping the grieving man with his work, Soumyadipta shared how he started feeling better because of the actress and revealed that the dark thoughts that clouded his mind vanished. Later the man shared that Vidya’s team contacted him and mentioned that the actress had got meals for everyone and begun shooting for the photoshoot.



Soumyadipta revealed that a day after the shoot, he received the sample pictures. He shared that the photographer refused to take credits for the picture as a leading Bollywood actress went to such lengths to get a photoshoot done. He shared that he wondered why Vidya Balan cancelled her film's shooting and submitted the final pictures within five days when the deadline was seven and mentioned he didn’t know how to thank her.


Later, Soumyadipta shared that Vidya Balan’s one message answered all his questions and it that tears rolled down his cheeks. Read the tweets below: 




Needless to say, Vidya Balan’s act of kindness shared by the man speaks of the goodness in her heart. Soumyadipta also mentioned that after Vidya Balan, he heard of such empathy in only another Bollywood actor, i.e late Sushant Singh Rajput.





Image source: Instagram/ Vidya Balan

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