Vidya Balan is the first actress ever to have won four consecutive Filmfare Best Actress awards (three for Best Actress, and one for Best Actress – Critics for Paa, Ishqiya, The Dirty Picture, and Kahaani.) Not just the Filmfare, the actress has also won several other awards including Zee Cine Awards “Best Actor Jury’s Choice”, Screen Awards – Best Actress and the Lion Gold Awards Best Actress (Critics’ Choice), making her the only one on international and home turf to have collected more than 40 awards in a short span of 4 years.