Naseeruddin Shah is an actor who most people hold in some kind of awe and respect. So when actress Vidya Balan found herself paired with the actor in Vishal Bharadwaj's Ishqiya, she was quite overawed.

In fact, the actress was nothing short of intimidated by the actor and she could not find herself sitting around normally and sharing a normal conversation with him when the shot was not on. It finally took a casual conversation, which Naseer, deliberately struck up with her, which broke the ice. The Naseer factor is one of the reasons why the actress feels that she has not worked so hard on a role in the longest time. Ishqiya is being produced by Bharadwaj. The film also stars Arshad Warsi besides Balan and Naseer. Last year was not so great for Vidya whose films Halla Bol and Kismet Konnection did not do too well. But this year the actress has a couple of interesting films in her bag. Ishqiya, of course, is one of them and the shooting for it is on. But her other films like R Balki's Pa and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Chenab Gandhi have even begun shooting as yet. So as of now, they are only potentially great projects that she has on hand. This very talented actress has not really got a role that she can sink her teeth into after her debut venture Parineeta. But it is to be hoped that Ishqiya may just change that tide.