Vidya Balan on the after effects of COVID-19: ‘Studios feel it would be safer to bet on the historically male-led films’ | Bollywood
May 22, 2025 05:39 AM IST Vidya Balan, known for her roles in women-centric films, observes that studios are shifting towards male-led projects post-pandemic due to financial constraints Vidya Balan, who is known for acing women-centric films, feels that post-pandemic, the studios are feeling the pinch financially and hence are going back to the safer bet of choosing male-led films. Vidya Balan talks about post pandemic situation in film industry. (Also read: Vidya Balan calls out AI-generated content featuring her: ‘It does not reflect my views or work’) Vidya on beginning of her acting journey In a recent interview with Deadline, Vidya opened up about her illustrious career and making a niche for herself by choosing films which have strong and layered female characters. However, when the actor was starting her acting journey, she didn’t have the luxury of choice as such characters were simply not being written. “There was no question of strategising (to play strong characters) because one had never really seen women take centre stage in mainstream films. The few films that …