<p>Actress Vidya Balan left spellbound to see a dance-performance by children suffering from cerebral palsy during a charity event here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Please forget everything else about us. Today we are before you only as dancers," said a kid from Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP) before starting the performance.<br /><br />As the children started swinging their hands to the tune of the inspirational song 'Aashayein', the entire audience including Balan were left mesmerised.<br /><br />"It really touched my heart," said the 'Kahaani' star, who was here for a fund-raiser organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce to help children with disabilities.<br />A congenital disorder, cerebral palsy causes physical disability in human development in various areas of body movement.<br /><br />Balan, 35, who had donned the role of a brave mother in 'Paa'- a film based on a rare genetic condition progeria, said she does not think of herself as a social activist after putting her weight behind various women and children issues.<br /><br />"I don't think I see myself as an activist at all. I am an actor first and the more I focus on my acting the more I can leverage attention on issues," she said.</p>
<p>Actress Vidya Balan left spellbound to see a dance-performance by children suffering from cerebral palsy during a charity event here.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Please forget everything else about us. Today we are before you only as dancers," said a kid from Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP) before starting the performance.<br /><br />As the children started swinging their hands to the tune of the inspirational song 'Aashayein', the entire audience including Balan were left mesmerised.<br /><br />"It really touched my heart," said the 'Kahaani' star, who was here for a fund-raiser organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce to help children with disabilities.<br />A congenital disorder, cerebral palsy causes physical disability in human development in various areas of body movement.<br /><br />Balan, 35, who had donned the role of a brave mother in 'Paa'- a film based on a rare genetic condition progeria, said she does not think of herself as a social activist after putting her weight behind various women and children issues.<br /><br />"I don't think I see myself as an activist at all. I am an actor first and the more I focus on my acting the more I can leverage attention on issues," she said.</p>