Vidya Balan recently brought in her 33rd birthday at home with her beau Siddharth Roy Kapoor and family. She recently returned after a two-week vacation abroad with Sid. So is marriage on her mind now that they've been dating for over a year? Vidya answers that and other pertinent questions. Read on...
A 2012 wedding for you? I'm in a happy state of mind today. I have no marriage plans, nor do I have a time frame in mind. I do know that it won't be soon, though. I am not ready for it mentally. Right now, I am enjoying the phase of being in love. Shaadi ke liye toh zindagi baaki hai!
Your definition of love? I had one, but when I fell in love with Sid, I discovered love is very different from what I thought it would be. That's the beauty of it - it's not what I imagined it would be, it is even better. Today, I understand love is about sharing, accepting, understanding, and caring. It's much more than what we experience and far beyond what it conveys. True love is unconditional, as I have discovered in this relationship. It is the most secure place to be in. It is the sharing and growing together of two individuals. Nothing in life comes easy, but working on a relationship is far less difficult as compared to lots of other things in life.
Please elaborate... When you are with the person you love and who loves and accepts you unconditionally, it's a celebration. When you are already secure and another person adds to that feeling, that is true love and it's what I feel today. It's a celebration of self as the person celebrates the person you are and not what he wants you to become.
Siddharth reportedly bought a house in Khar. Will you be moving in with him? Honestly, I don't enjoy the idea of living in with someone before marriage. I will move in with the man I love only after marriage. After your last release, are you planning to do bolder roles now? I don't have a plan in place. I haven't had the time to read new scripts. I haven't signed a film since Kahaani. I hope that I continue to get challenging roles - something that gives me the opportunity to explore myself.
One role you would like to do now? I've always wanted to play Indira Gandhi, and maybe my nose will help me do it! I am also dying to do a comedy or a full-blown romantic film. Did you anticipate this kind of adulation post The Dirty Picture? I feel immense gratitude for the kind of work I am getting and the fact that people are embracing it. I feel grateful for the critical and commercial success that has come my way. These last few months have been completely crazy, and that's why I needed to get away for a few days. I went to a beautiful ranch and chilled out, ate, slept and watched TV serials. It was an idyllic place with no network. My first uninterrupted holiday after years!
