The film ‘Raja Shivaji’, directed by Bollywood actor Ritesh Deshmukh, was released in theaters on May 1 and the film is performing well at the box office since the first day. Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has also played an important role in this film based on the life of the great Maratha warrior king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. However, she was not the makers’ first choice for this film.

Tabu was the first choice of the makers
Vidya Balan played the role of Badi Begum in ‘Raja Shivaji’, but she was not the first choice for this film. According to the report of Free Press Journal, this role was offered to Bollywood actress Tabu before Vidya Balan. A source related to the film has confirmed this. However, due to date problems, Tabu rejected this role. After this Ritesh contacted Vidya Balan and she immediately joined the project.

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Vidya Balan won the hearts of the audience
Let us tell you that Vidya Balan’s acting in ‘Raja Shivaji’ is being praised a lot. The audience is liking her a lot in the role of Badi Bemag. Badi Begum (aka Tajul Mukhiddarat Badi Sahiba) was a powerful figure of the Bijapur Sultanate. She was a queen who opposed the Maratha ruler Shivaji. Actors like Sanjay Dutt, Abhishek Bachchan, Genelia Deshmukh, Fardeen Khan, Bhagyashree and Boman Irani are also seen in this film.

Tabu also stepped away from ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’
According to Times of India, before ‘Raja Shivaji’, Tabu had rejected the offer of Kartik Aryan’s horror-comedy film ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’. Tabu had earlier played the double roles of Anjulika and Manjulika in the second part of the franchise, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2’, which was highly appreciated by the audience and critics. In such a situation, there is no special challenge left in playing the same role again in the third part, so he decided to withdraw from this project. Later this film went to Vidya Balan and Madhuri Dixit.

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Bollywood actress Vidya Balan made his debut with the film Parineeta. It has been completed by 20 years released for this film. Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra had a special screening of the film in Mumbai in the joy of completing 20 years of the film. In the event, he revealed how Vidya got this role, while many big actresses wanted to do this role.

Vidya Balan had given many auditions for this role. Vidhu Vinod Chopra said- ‘Many actresses wanted to do Parineeta but Pradeep Sarkar said that there is a new girl from Chambur. So I said-Test the girl of this Chambur. I do not meet actors during most of the screen tests. Vidya had given a lot of tests.

Vidya abused before the final test
He further said- ‘I told Pradeep that they do a final test. Vidya was so tired of this process that she was abusing before the final test. I could see them saying what he understands himself. By then she had given 20-25 tests. But after that he gave a great final test and it was tremendous. I told Pradeep, call him immediately.

Talking about the special screening of Parineeta, many big stars had arrived in it. Rekha, Dia Mirza, Vidya Balan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Shreya Ghoshal and Rajkumar Hirani reached. A video of the screening is going viral in which Vidya Balan Rekha is seen touching the feet. This cute moment of both is becoming very viral.

Talking about Parineeta, Saif Ali Khan and Sanjay Dutt were seen in the lead role with Vidya. He did not reach the screening. From the songs of this film to the story, everything won the hearts of people.

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