Bollywood actress Vidya Balan who is Bengali by birth and also portrayed a Bengali character in films like Parineeta, Kahaani and TE3N, feels she had her roots in Bengal in her previous life.
Vidya said in the statement, Vidya is currently shooting for Begum Jaan in Patjor on the West Bengal-Jharkhand border. “I think I was a Bengali in my last birth”.
The Dirty Picture actor, who hails from Kerala and was also honoured with the Pride of Kerala Award, made her film debut in a Bengali film Bhalo Theko. Her big Bollywood debut was Parineeta, which was shot entirely in Kolkata.