Neelam Kothari got upset with husband Samir Soni after he shot intimate scenes with another actor: ‘Her friend instigated her’

Samir Soni opened up about how Neelam Kothari got offended with his intimate scenes in a web show after giving her approval to him to take on the project.

By: Entertainment Desk

Chennai | October 30, 2024 09:00 PM IST

3 min read

Samir Soni opened on doing intimate scenes in a web show. (Pic: Neelam/Instagram)

Actor Samir Soni, who is married to actor Neelam Kothari of Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives fame recently opened up about his dynamics with his wife and how they take each other’s permission before performing intimate scenes on screen with other actors. In a recent interview, Samir opened up about how Neelam got offended with his intimate scenes with another actress in a web show after she gave her permission so he could take up the project.

Speaking on the YouTube channel GPlus, Samir recalled the time he asked for Neelam’s permission to star in a web show that demanded his character to kiss his female co-actor. “The makers sent me the script and after every scene, the script said, ‘The boy kisses the girl.’ One or two times is okay but after every episode there was a kiss scene. I have to come home. So, I gave the script to my wife and I told her, ‘It is what it is. I can say no to the show. It’s not like this is Spielberg. More work will come in future. I will do it only if you are comfortable.’ Like a big hearted woman, she said, ‘This is good for your career. I will not watch the show.'”

But a few days later, Neelam had a different take on the situation as one of her friends watched the show and instigated some trouble. “I finished shooting for the show and one day, I came back home and she asked me about the show. She asked me, ‘How were the intimate scenes?’ I was like, ‘I will do whatever the director says.’ Luckily the director was a woman. Then she asked me, ‘How frequently were these scenes?’ I thought this isn’t going well.”

Explaining the reason behind Neelam’s doubt, he said, “Apparently one of her friends had seen the show and she had instigated her, ‘How could you let your husband do something like this?’ and all that. I told her that I showed her the script. At this point of time, I can’t say no to producers because they had already given me the script and I can’t say no to my wife.”

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Neelam Kothari was among the most popular actors in the 90s. She made her return to the limelight with the Netflix series Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, which is bankrolled by Karan Johar. It also features Bhavana Panday, Maheep Kapoor, Seema Sajdeh, Riddhima Kapoor, and Shalini Passi as well.

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