Vidya Balan in “Sherni.” (Amazon Prime Video)

In “Sherni,” we see Vidya as a woman of a few words, a deeply layered persona which Vidya manages to ace with perfection. 

Vidya shares, “The character of Vidya Vincent had a lot of interesting layers, which was something I’d never portrayed before. Her actions spoke louder than her words, in a very obvious way. I had to exercise the expression of non-expression. My expressions have to convey what I am feeling. There are people who are completely inscrutable, and I guess this character is one of them. It was a different kind of experience as an actor.”

She further adds, “It was actually very tough to play a character like Vidya Vincent. She is reticent, she doesn’t say much, and she doesn’t smile much, which is not me as a person, nor it is like any of the characters that I’ve played so far. I’ve played characters, all of them strong, but strong in very other ways. Whereas Vidya’s got a very strong will, but she doesn’t like to engage with the world.”

“Sherni” will stream on Amazon Prime Video. Starring Vidya Balan in the lead, other versatile artists include the likes of Sharat Saxena, Mukul Chadha, Vijay Raaz, Ila Arun, Brijendra Kala and Neeraj Kabi, the movie is directed by the award-winning filmmaker Amit Masurkar known for the critically-acclaimed film ‘Newton.’