This Article is From Mar 21, 2012

Vidya Balan loves all things Bengali

Vidya Balan loves all things Bengali

Highlights

  • They say love knows no language. And it looks like the new brand ambassador of West Bengal, Vidya Balan's fondness for Bengali has only got her closer to the love of her life.
  • According to reports, Vidya's 'good friend' Siddharth Roy Kapoor is half Bengali and the two apparently converse only in Bengali most of the time.
  • A source said, "Vidya has always said that she feels she was a Bengali in her past life. Her affection for the language and the culture isn't hidden. So it's obvious that she would talk in Bengali whenever she gets a chance and it helps that Siddharth speaks the same language too."
  • Apparently when Siddharth used to visit her on the sets of The Dirty Picture, they would often talk in Bengali, and since not many people around understood the language, it was a safer bet.
  • The sourced added, "They even exchange a lot of Bengali music and poetry since Vidya is very interested in Kolkata's art and culture. It's also one of the reasons they get along so well."
Mumbai: They say love knows no language. And it looks like the new brand ambassador of West Bengal, Vidya Balan's fondness for Bengali has only got her closer to the love of her life.

According to reports, Vidya's 'good friend' Siddharth Roy Kapoor is half Bengali and the two apparently converse only in Bengali most of the time.

A source said, "Vidya has always said that she feels she was a Bengali in her past life. Her affection for the language and the culture isn't hidden. So it's obvious that she would talk in Bengali whenever she gets a chance and it helps that Siddharth speaks the same language too."

Apparently when Siddharth used to visit her on the sets of The Dirty Picture, they would often talk in Bengali, and since not many people around understood the language, it was a safer bet.

The sourced added, "They even exchange a lot of Bengali music and poetry since Vidya is very interested in Kolkata's art and culture. It's also one of the reasons they get along so well."
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