Dressed in a white Bengali sari with a white gajra in her hair, the gorgeous Vidya Balan, who was in Indore recently to promote her new flick, spoke to us about her scandalous college days, and life post " The Dirty Picture". Playing a pregnant woman was easy I really did not prepare much for my role as a pregnant woman. When I was in college, we girls used to do a lot of such things, like a "pregnant walk" or pose as a vegetable vendor. So this was not a tough task. But yes, it was exciting to do a role that is bound to grab a lot of attention.

Shooting in Kolkata I have a lot of love for Kolkata, and the people over there were so excited to see me shooting on the streets. There had to be complete silence to make sure that there were no interruptions. So when the crowd was beyond the control of others, I had to go to them and tell them in Bengali, "Ek tu picha...", which was a request for them to kindly step a bit back, to which they gently replied, "Yes". We had to shoot in various places like in the tram and the other open streets of the city and I am thankful to the crowd that they listened to me.

'The Dirty Picture' wasn't that dirty I did not hesitate to play Silk, but I was really hesitant about signing the film. Now, thanks to the love of the people, "The Dirty Picture" has turned out to be huge hit. But I don't think that the flick was "dirty'". It had a message embedded deep within. It's just the story of a girl who used her sexuality to come up in life and it has an end too. Those who have seen it have definitely understood the message in the flick.

My life wasn't like silk's I've been lucky enough to not have gone through any sort of exploitation or the casting couch. The film fraternity has been very supportive towards me. But log kehte hain ki aisa hota hai. I am not getting married right now Abhi toh bahut kaam karna hai. No marriage plans as of now.

The publicity stunt that didn't work Meanwhile, the " Kahaani" makers had to face a lot of public ire and flak from Indoris due to their 'unusual' publicity stunt. There were "Missing" posters of Arnab Bagchi pasted on the city's walls, and this did not go down well with most people. "Relatives of people who have gotten lost could get hurt seeing these posters," was what everyone said when they saw the posters. Vidya, who was planning to go to the nearby Vijay Nagar Police Station, was not allowed to play the publicity gimmick there, according to our sources. "We will not allow them to indulge in any promotional activity," SSP Sai Manohar told us a day before she was to come down to the city.