Having won the Filmfare Award "Best Critic’s Choice", Zee Cine Awards "Best Actor Jury’s Choice", Screen Awards - Best Actress and the Lion Gold Awards Best Actress (Critics’ Choice), Vidya Balan adds another trophy to her mantle, as she sweeps all the awards this season, the latest being the Stardust Award - Best Actress in a Drama/Thriller genre for her performance in ‘Kahaani’.

The award came as no surprise especially since the critics were all praise for the actress ever since the thriller released.

Said an acclaimed critic and trade analyst, "Post The Dirty Picture, the admiration for the National Award winning actress Vidya has scaled woozy altitudes and let me affirm, the supremely talented actress delivers a performance that's at par with her former accomplishments."

Shabana Azmi lauded Balan for her performance and said, "I had to watch Kahaani because of Vidya. I was bowled over by her performance. As an actor, I could see she was making all the right moves throughout the film. There was not a single artificial note in her performance."

The National award winner is also the only actress to have won the Best Actress Award for 4 consecutive years in a row. With Paa, Ishqya, The Dirty Picture and the recent Kahaani the actress grossed over 30+awards in the span of 4 years, a feat no one on international or home turf has managed to achieve.