MUMBAI: Vidya Balan is one of the most talented actresses in Bollywood. She is known for her power-packed performances. She has mesmerised the audience by her performance in films like Ishqiya, No One Killed Jessica and Kahaani to name a few. Her latest release is Mission Mangal and once again she has nailed her role in her film. She might be a successful actress today but she too faced hurdles in her journey.

In a conversation with Pinkvilla, Vidya revealed about her worst experience she faced down South. Sharing her horrible experience with a Tamil producer, Vidya said, "There were a lot of rejections down South..there were a lot of Malayalam films but I was replaced in each of them...There was a Tamil film I was doing and I was thrown out of the film...I remember my parents had come with me because they were so worried about me...I had really begun to fade so my both the parents flew to Chennai with me and we went to the producer's office. The producer showed us the clippings from the film and he said 'just look at her does she look like a heroine. He said 'i was not in favour of taking her at all, it was the director who insisted."

She added, "They already had replaced me and my father after knowing called up the producer asking if they can meet because he wanted to know what was going wrong. They wanted to know what was the problem."

Vidya had a tough time to deal with the rejection. She said, "I felt ugly...I felt like shit for months and I don't think I looked at myself in the mirror... I didn't like what I saw because I thought I was ugly...For the longest time I had not forgiven that man but today, thanks to that I realized that I have to love and accept myself the way I'm."