Updated On: 10 July, 2023 08:11 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Neeyat actress Vidya Balan revealed how Shilpa Shetty taught her how to play basketball and even teenage Malaika was the neighbourhood hottie

Vidya Balan, Pic/Instagram
Vidya Balan recently shared that she goes back a long way with fellow actors Shilpa Shetty and Malaika Arora. According to Vidya, Shilpa was her senior in school, and she described her as a "hottie" and a basketball player. In an interview with CurlyTales, Vidya fondly remembered a day when her mother decided she should play basketball, and Shilpa took the time to teach her how to dribble the ball when she struggled.
"Shilpa was my senior by I think three years. She was always the hottie. She was also a basketball player. I remember one day, my mom decided I should play basketball. At 6 in the morning, I set off to play basketball. And there were already murmurs that Shilpa might be joining the movies and stuff like that. And I remember she was so sweet. I`ll never forget she taught me how to dribble the ball. And I thought, ‘Abhi toh mujhe aa gaya sab kuchh` (Now I’ve learnt everything there is). I told my mom, ‘Maine seekh liya. Kal se nahi jeena hai. Subah uth ke nahi jana hai’ (I`ve learnt everything. I don`t need to get up in the morning and go for it again)."