Although not a traditional romance, her dedication to finding her missing husband, Rana (Indraneil Sengupta), driven by love and revenge, was a gripping storyline.

If 2000s Bollywood romance was about "Jab We Met," Vidya Balan’s golden run (2009-2012) was about "Jab We Met Our Demons." She delivered three consecutive hits that deconstructed the idea of a "love story" into something darker, messier, and infinitely more real.