One of the chief reasons why Vidya Balan attended Pankaj Kapur's birthday party recently was to meet him and briefly interact with him about the character he played of 'Karamchand'.

Karamchand was a popular Indian detective TV series. In fact, it was one of India's first and biggest detective series.

Vidya Balan plays a detective in her upcoming next film, 'Bobby Jasoos'.

So, when Supriya Pathak, who is also a part of the film, invited Vidya and Dia Mirza for the party, Vidya quickly decided to go and meet him. Even though Vidya was under the weather, she did not miss it. Both Vidya and Dia went for the party and briefly interacted with Pankaj Kapur.

Talking about the same, Vidya said, "My earliest memory of a detective is Karamchand. And he was probably the only one on the horizon until one got exposed to detective films later. We've even paid homage to Karamchand and Kitty in one of the dialogues in Bobby Jasoos. During the workshop, in one of the improvisations, I remember acting like Karamchand and we even laughed about the fact that Karamchand ki biwi meri ma (Supriya Pathak) bani hai. When I met Pankaj Kapur I wanted to say Bobby Karamchand ki chhati aulad hai but I did not. Haha!"