Vidya Balan about smoking habits
Vidya Balan was once considered a homely actress and she used to portray family-related characters. However, the movie Dirty Picture changed the total image. She shed all her inhibitions with that movie. She turned bold and even did smoking scenes in the movie. Vidya Balan said that she didn’t like to fake smoking, so she did it for real.
After the completion of Dirty Picture, Vidya Balan couldn’t go off her smoking habit and used to smoke 2-3 cigarettes per day. Vidya Balan said, “I don’t know whether I can say it publicly but I enjoy the smell of smoking. The scent of smoke gives me immense pleasure. Even during my college days, I would purposefully stand beside those who smoke just to enjoy the smell.”
Speaking on portraying Silk Smitha on-screen, Vidya Balan said that the movie set her free. The character termed her being attractive. “I realized that being attractive has no correlation with one’s body’s size,” she said.