Alert Mumbaikar Vidya Balan Helps Mumbai Police Solve Traffic Woes

When Vidya spotted an abandoned car blocking traffic on the highway, she quickly informed the cops and they took swift action

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Alert Mumbaikar Vidya Balan Helps Mumbai Police Solve Traffic Woes
Mumbai Police has won plaudits for the way it uses social media to reach out to Mumbaikars, both celebrities and commoners.

If you see a law and order problem, all you need to do is send them a tweet and that is what Vidya Balan did.

On February 12, Vidya Balan tweeted:  “Abandoned car sitting in the middle of Bandra flyover for the past few days ... Please look into it@MumbaiPolice @mumbaitrafficop (sic)."


And on Monday night, the cops towed the car away and promptly let Vidya know.

 “@vidya_balan Good evening Ms Balan. We had informed the concerned traffic division about the abandoned vehicle & it has been towed away” (sic).
And Balan appreciated the same and thanked them.


On the professional front, Vidya Balan took to social media to announce the release date of her next film, Begum Jaan. The film, which was previously slated to release on March 17, will now release on April 14.

Begum Jaan was set to clash at the box-office with Sachin Tendulkar’s biopic.Then the biopic was pushed to a later date.

Coming back to Begum Jaan, the film is said to be a historical drama and a remake of the 2015 Bengali film Rajkahini. Balan plays the lead role of a brothel's madam.

Apart from Begum Jaan, Vidya also has Tumhari Sulu releasing this year. The comedy drama, produced by Atul Kasbekar, Tanuj Garg and Bhushan Kumar, will see Vidya play a late-night radio jockey.



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