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Summary Vidya Balan had to give over 60 screen tests for her debut Bollywood film Parineeta.
After appearing in several ad films and music videos, she made her debut in B-town with Vidhu Vinod Chopras home production in 2005.I was doing ad films and I had signed quite a few South films but then I went through a phase of being called jinxed because my first South film was stopped midway and then even other directors threw me out of their films. Then I started doing music videos but Dada (director Pradeep Sarkar) had told me he would make a film with me, Vidya told reporters in Mumbai at the Vidhu Vinod Chopra festival.He (Pradeep Sarkar) went to Chopra (producer) with the script and the latter wanted a bigger star but he also said if I am able to show that I can do the role then they will take me. I gave over 60 tests, Vidya said.And the moment I gave up was the time when I got the film, 34-year-old actress recalled. Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra made her undergo gruelling tests for the role of Lalita, till she got it right.
