Besides her repertoire of several award-winning films like &quot;Parineeta&quot;, &quot;Paa&quot; and &quot;No One Killed Jessica&quot;, Vidya&#39;s humanitarian efforts are well-known. <img alt="Vidya Balan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/apr/Vidya-Balan_5.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 499px;" /> The National Award winner has been instrumental in campaigning for child nutrition and education and women&#39;s empowerment. She has been appointed by the Indian government as the brand ambassador in the drive to improve sanitary conditions in the country. &quot;My work is an extension of my beliefs. I don&#39;t think I am an activist at all. I am an actor first and I try using that to leverage attention to some of the causes I am associated with. I think I am a humanist,&quot; said Vidya. &quot;I try to focus on my acting, so that I can leverage attention to the causes,&quot; added the actress. Inspiration for many, Viday is inspired by activist-actress Shabana Azmi. &quot;Shabana Azmi has been one of my strongest inspirations. I was truly awestruck by Shabana Azmi&#39;s performance in &#39;Arth&#39;. I still am,&quot; said Viday during a fund-raiser by the Bengal Chamber for the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy here Saturday. &quot;I like walking in other people&#39;s shoes. I tend to empathise with people, so I always wonder what a certain person might do in a certain situation,&quot; said the actor while adding that as a youngster she was won over by Madhuri Dixit Nene&#39;s dance number &quot;Ek Do Teen&quot;.

Actress Vidya Balan considers veteran actor Shabana Azmi as her "strongest inspiration" but herself prefers to be dubbed as a humanist rather than an activist

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