Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan
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 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of the TFAR nomination of the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page unless you are renominating the article at TFAR. For renominations, please add   to the top of the discussion and   at the bottom, then complete a new TFAR nom underneath.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/December 14, 2012 by BencherliteTalk 10:43, 12 December 2012‎ (UTC)



Vidya Balan (born 1978) is an Indian film actress, who appears in Hindi, Bengali and Malayalam language films. At age sixteen, Balan landed her first acting role in the sitcom Hum Paanch (1995). After making several unsuccessful attempts to start a career in film, she acted in television commercials and music videos. In 2003, Balan made her feature film debut with the independent Bengali drama Bhalo Theko and in 2005, she garnered praise for her first Hindi film, Parineeta. Her subsequent portrayal of glamorous characters in the films Heyy Babyy (2007) and Kismat Konnection (2008) met with negative comments from film critics. She later portrayed five consecutive roles to wide critical acclaim in Paa (2009), Ishqiya (2010), No One Killed Jessica (2011), The Dirty Picture (2011), and Kahaani (2012). These roles have fetched her the tag of a "female hero" and established her as a leading contemporary actress of Hindi cinema. Balan has received one National Film Award, four Filmfare Awards and four Screen Awards. She initially drew criticism for her fluctuating weight and poor dress sense, but was later credited in the media for retaining her individuality and breaking stereotypes of a Hindi film heroine. (Full article...)

Nominated by in [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article/requests&diff=526485676&oldid=526477185 this diff]. 1 point for date relevance (birthday), 1 point for nominator's first TFA (nominator only has one FA credit), 1 point for no actor/actress biographies since mid-August 2012. 3 points BencherliteTalk 09:42, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Support (not read) Long interval since last actor, & since the last Bollywood one, who knows... Johnbod (talk) 17:19, 5 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Nice to encourage cultural diversity on Main Page. --Dweller (talk) 00:42, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. - Diversity ... long interval ... etcetera. GabeMc  (talk 07:54, 6 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Support: An impressive article of an iconic figure in Indian cinema, who is gaining attention from the global media. Secret of success  ·  talk  09:52, 8 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Tentative support: Support the article as TFA, but wonder if New Year's Day is the best timing, as something topical to New Year's may be better placed in this slot.   Montanabw (talk) 23:09, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Such as Action of 1 January 1800, or did you have something else in mind? BencherliteTalk 23:23, 10 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment - I've done a little copy editing of article and left one clarify tag. From my view, the prose could do with a look through. I found some clunky wording. MathewTownsend (talk) 14:44, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment -I think Bencherlite's suggestion of Action of 1 January 1800 for this date would be an excellent choice. We don't hear much about Haitian history. MathewTownsend (talk) 14:44, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree, though of course, someone will have to nominate it for that to happen...--Chimino (talk) 00:16, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree with the preference of the Haiti article, and nobody has to nominate it, the delegates can simply schedule, no? --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:28, 12 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Oppose, per suggestion for Action of 1 January 1800, and also agree with  that Action of 1 January 1800 would be good because of under-representation of Haiti on Main Page as compared with topics associated with this nominated article, above. Cheers, &mdash; Cirt (talk) 02:29, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Just to be clear, I am not supporting or opposing either article; I mentioned the 1800 article because it was another one that I know has date relevance for 1st Jan. I've put up a blurb for comparison and comment below. BencherliteTalk 09:33, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * If under representation is a concern, then we have to agree that there has not been a Bollywood-related article on TFA since this in May 2011. -- smaro jit  (buzz me)  10:01, 12 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Hmmm, can we fiddle it on the time-zones? I mean if it goes the day before or after, how much is Jan 1 in Indian time zones? If we get the Indian evening both could go. Also I see she is supposed to be getting married on Dec 14, in 2 days time. Johnbod (talk) 10:26, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
 * (edit conflict - we were thinking the same thing!) Actually, I think I have a solution here - Balan is due to get married on 14th December, the existing article on 14th December doesn't have date relevance so I can move that to 31st Dec and run Action of 1 January on 1st January. Sorted. BencherliteTalk 10:31, 12 December 2012 (UTC)