Vidya Balan Overcomes Her Fear of Driving

Vidya Balan had a phobia of driving until director Vishal Bharadwaj insisted her to learn to drive.

Vidya's last release Kismat Konnection had her ramming her car into Shahid Kapur 's in her introductory scene. That might well have been the case with Vidya in real life as well had she sat behind the steering wheel without overcoming her longlasting fear of driving on busy roads.

But Vishal Bharadwaj is a man who takes no excuses. For his next production Ishqiya , being directed by his assistant Abhishek Choubey, Vidya is required to drive a car and Vishal made sure that she learnt it well.

Vidya took driving lessons from an instructor in Chembur. She reportedly learnt to drive her own two cars -- Innova and Mercedes.

It took a good number of days for Vidya to learn the skill but today she is happy to have overcome her fears.

Vidya says earlier she would be petrified at the thought of driving. She wouldn't even look out the window when her driver used to drive through busy roads. But now she is no longer a chicken at the steering wheel and she thanks Vishal for it.

In 'Ishqiya', Vidya plays a cunning conwoman who dupes an uncle-nephew duo, played by Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi .

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