{"id":11746,"date":"2026-04-14T19:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11746"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T19:06:32","slug":"akshay-kumar-reveals-son-aarav-feared-vidya-balan-for-6-years-after-bhool-bhulaiyaa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11746","title":{"rendered":"Akshay Kumar Reveals Son Aarav Feared Vidya Balan for 6 Years After Bhool Bhulaiyaa &#8211; Woman&#8217;s era Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is currently busy promoting his upcoming horror-fantasy film Bhoot Bangla, directed by Priyadarshan. During a recent promotional event in Delhi, the actor shared a surprising and amusing anecdote about his son, Aarav Kumar and it involves none other than Vidya Balan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhooth-bangla-.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhooth-bangla-.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhooth-bangla--300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhooth-bangla--1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bhooth-bangla--768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Akshay Kumar<\/p>\n<h3>Akshay Kumar\u2019s Revelation<\/h3>\n<p>In a candid chat with one of the media houses, Akshay revealed that his son remained terrified of Vidya Balan for nearly six years after watching Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Recalling the incident, Akshay shared that Aarav was deeply affected by Vidya\u2019s portrayal of the haunting character Manjulika in the film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/akshay-kumar-with-son-aarav-.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/akshay-kumar-with-son-aarav-.webp 1280w, https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/akshay-kumar-with-son-aarav--300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/akshay-kumar-with-son-aarav--1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/akshay-kumar-with-son-aarav--768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Akshay Kumar<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/monalisas-funny-video-on-spiritual-orator-aniruddhacharya-maharajs-advice-goes-viral\/\"><em>Monalisa\u2019s Funny Video on Spiritual Orator Aniruddhacharya Maharaj\u2019s Advice Goes Viral<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter watching the film, my son was scared of Vidya for six years. Whenever she came home, he wouldn\u2019t meet her or even look at her,\u201d Akshay said. According to him, Aarav couldn\u2019t separate the actor from the real character, often imagining glimpses of Manjulika in Vidya Balan herself. Vidya Balan\u2019s performance as Manjulika in Bhool Bhulaiyaa is widely regarded as one of the most chilling portrayals in Bollywood.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602047\" src=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/images-2026-04-14T160519.442.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"698\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/images-2026-04-14T160519.442.webp 698w, https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/images-2026-04-14T160519.442-300x201.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 698px) 100vw, 698px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Akshay Kumar<\/p>\n<p>The psychological thriller revolved around a mysterious haunting that was later revealed to be rooted in a mental health condition. Her intense expressions, classical dance sequences, and haunting presence left a lasting impact, not just on audiences, but apparently on young Aarav as well.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-602049\" src=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Anees-Bazmee-reveals-if-Akshay-Kumar-is-a-part-of-Bhool-Bhulaiyaa-3.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Anees-Bazmee-reveals-if-Akshay-Kumar-is-a-part-of-Bhool-Bhulaiyaa-3.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Anees-Bazmee-reveals-if-Akshay-Kumar-is-a-part-of-Bhool-Bhulaiyaa-3-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Akshay Kumar<\/p>\n<p>Akshay also shared how he tried to help his son overcome this fear. \u201cI kept telling him that she is not Manjulika, she is Vidya Balan, a very good person. But he never really believed it,\u201d he admitted. Despite his efforts, the fear lingered for years, showing just how powerful storytelling and performances can be on young minds.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.womansera.com\/akshay-kumar-reveals-son-aarav-feared-vidya-balan-for-6-years-after-bhool-bhulaiyaa\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar is currently busy promoting his upcoming horror-fantasy film Bhoot Bangla, directed&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11747,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28635,274,28636,10797,122,135,183,781],"tags":[28633,270,28634,10511,777],"class_list":["post-11746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aarav","category-akshay-kumar","category-bhool-bhulaiya","category-bhoot-bangla","category-bollywood","category-celebrities-special","category-celebrity-chats","category-vidya-balan","tag-aarav","tag-akshay-kumar","tag-bhool-bhulaiya","tag-bhoot-bangla","tag-vidya-balan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}