Vidya Balan is an award-winning Bollywood actress. She began her career starring in many music videos, soap operas and commercials. Balan made her acting debut in the Bengali film, Bhalo Theko (2003), for which she won critical acclaim. She later made her Hindi film debut with Parineeta (2005), for which she received a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, and received her first commercial success with Rajkumar Hirani's Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006). Vidya has been stated to be one of the most promising actresses by industry critics.