 Vidya is trained in carnatic music and briefly studied the dance forms of Bharatnatyam and Kathak . Regarding her religious affiliations , Vidya said , " I am a person with a lot of faith and I have conversations [ with God ] all the time but I am not so religious in the conventional , organised sense " . She practices vegetarianism and was listed as " India 's hottest vegetarian " in polls conducted by PETA in 2011 and 2012 . Her weight fluctuations over the years have been the subject of substantial media coverage in India . 
