HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Vidya Balan turns 35

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Updated On Jan 01, 2013 03:37 pm IST

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1995 - Geeky struggler: She was 17 when she played the nerdy Radhika Mathur in the TV show, Hum Paanch. Little work followed with music videos, ads and a Bengali film, but she faded into oblivion for 10 years before Parineeta happened.

Updated on Jan 01, 2013 03:37 pm IST

1995 - Geeky struggler: She was 17 when she played the nerdy Radhika Mathur in the TV show, Hum Paanch. Little work followed with music videos, ads and a Bengali film, but she faded into oblivion for 10 years before Parineeta happened.

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2008 - Fashion faux pas: She had five hits by now, but she was drawing constant flak from her detractors for her dressing sense. Her Heyy Baby look was panned so much that she blamed designer Manish Malhotra for styling her ghastly.

Updated on Jan 01, 2013 03:37 pm IST

2008 - Fashion faux pas: She had five hits by now, but she was drawing constant flak from her detractors for her dressing sense. Her Heyy Baby look was panned so much that she blamed designer Manish Malhotra for styling her ghastly.

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2008 - Style disaster: Her Abu-Sandeep suit at an awards ceremony this year was slammed by Malhotra, who sarcastically called her the ‘desi Paris Hilton’. She was even jokingly announced as the worst dressed celeb at the gala by SRK.

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2008 - Style disaster: Her Abu-Sandeep suit at an awards ceremony this year was slammed by Malhotra, who sarcastically called her the ‘desi Paris Hilton’. She was even jokingly announced as the worst dressed celeb at the gala by SRK.

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2009 - Curly hair lady: Two of her films had flopped by now, but she reinvented herself as the mother of a progeric child in Paa. Her curly hair look and subtle dresses went down well with critics, who were waiting for her to pick a wrong dress.

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2009 - Curly hair lady: Two of her films had flopped by now, but she reinvented herself as the mother of a progeric child in Paa. Her curly hair look and subtle dresses went down well with critics, who were waiting for her to pick a wrong dress.

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2011 - Sari woman: She was bored with criticism for her clothes and her weight, and she self-confessedly took “to the sari with a vengeance”. She donned it at events, appearances, everywhere and made her own style statement.

Updated on Jan 01, 2013 03:37 pm IST

2011 - Sari woman: She was bored with criticism for her clothes and her weight, and she self-confessedly took “to the sari with a vengeance”. She donned it at events, appearances, everywhere and made her own style statement.

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2012 - the star: By now, Vidya turned into a star courtesy her multiple award winning performance in The Dirty Picture followed by Kahaani. She had become the epitome of the Indian woman and the face of change in Bollywood.

Updated on Jan 01, 2013 03:37 pm IST

2012 - the star: By now, Vidya turned into a star courtesy her multiple award winning performance in The Dirty Picture followed by Kahaani. She had become the epitome of the Indian woman and the face of change in Bollywood.

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Actor Vidya Balan’s Bollywood journey may have been a bumpy ride but she made ‘dirty’ look good. The past year proved noteworthy for her both professionally and personally. The game changer Kahaani released and she tied the knot with UTV head Siddharth Roy Kapoor. Here's a look at her Bollywood journey over the years.

Updated on Jan 01, 2013 03:37 pm IST

Actor Vidya Balan’s Bollywood journey may have been a bumpy ride but she made ‘dirty’ look good. The past year proved noteworthy for her both professionally and personally. The game changer Kahaani released and she tied the knot with UTV head Siddharth Roy Kapoor. Here's a look at her Bollywood journey over the years.

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