Vidya falls ill during the shoot of The Dirrty Picture

 

Bollywood's Kerala-born actress Vidya Balan reported fell ill during the shooting of her upcoming Hindi film titled The Dirrty Picture (TDP). The film, as already reported, is based on the life, times and tragic demise of 'Silk' Smitha, Kollywood's eternal 'item girl'. Vidya, known more for her performance-oriented roles than 'exposing' kind of roles, plays the late 'Silk' Smitha in the film.

In order to prepare herself to play Smitha, Vidya first visited Smitha's village in Andhra Pradesh and interacted with her relatives and friends. Apprehensions were cast by many as they wondered how Vidya would fit into the role of the dusky beauty Smitha. Vidya had to put on oodles of weight around her waist and midriff areas in order to resemble Smitha.

She did everything right and the results are there for everyone to see and applaud. She was liked and applauded for her looks when the still photographs of the film were released. Director Milan Luthria is only too happy that his choice to go for Vidya to play Smitha was 'just the right thing'. The committed Vidya fell ill recently and was admitted to hospital where she stayed for 3 days.

Though she was running high fever, she didn't mind and continued to shoot as a result of which she had to be admitted to the Leelavati Hospital in Mumbai on the eve of Dusshera. The tests conducted on the Palakkad-born Vidya revealed that the amount of hemoglobin in her blood was below the normal level. She was treated for three days and then discharged.