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)."