Vidya Balan States Her Point Of View When Playing As Indira Gandhi: "Strong Woman Means No Political Party"

Nalini Suri|Aug 29, 2019

Being well-known for a female scientist in “Mission Mangal”, Vidya Balan will continue the role of a strong woman as the former Indian Prime Minister.

On Tuesday, B-town actress Vidya Balan replied to the question of the reason she chose to play as the first female Prime Minister and Congress of India. As it is quite a shocking difference from other Bollywood actors that she made when every artist of the tinsel town makes an effort to satisfy the current BJP government.

The actress explained her decision:

Vidya also told about the web series’ schedule:

On playing as Shakuntala Devi in a renowned mathematician’s biopic, Vidya revealed her feelings after joining Mission Mangal as well. She said:

Adding some details on the work front, Vidya Balan shared about her own preparations in the role of Shakuntala Devi:

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