Around the time her film Ghanchakkar (2013) was about to release, Vidya Balan tells me, she bumped into actor Govinda on a flight. Govinda asked her about the film's release date. When told it was June 28, he did some mental math and warned her against it (one helluva superstitious guy).

Balan obviously didn't pay heed. Pretty sure she doesn't blame that on the Emraan Hashmi starrer bombing in theatres. But what Ghanchakkar really did for Balan was put a sudden stop to a stupendous spell at the movies, that had no rivals for a female star then.