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Neelam was ‘scared’ of doing Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives, recalls Samir Soni: ‘You age in 20 years, people will say you’re not…’

Samil Soni shared that he was quite skeptical about the show's success even as he encouraged Neelam to participate in it.

Neelam Kothari with her husband Samir Soni. (Photo: Neelam Kothari/ Instagram)

Actor Samir Soni, husband of actress Neelam Kothari, opened up about her comeback to the entertainment industry with Netflix’s reality show, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives in a recent interview. Neelam’s last film was 1999’s Hum Saath Saath Hain and she was hesitant to return to screen because she had been away from the cameras for a while.

“When she told me that Dharmatics, Karan, and all had approached these four girls for the show, so I told her… she was humming and hawing,” he recalled in a chat with GPlus and added, “She was very concerned that if she makes a comeback now, what will people say. Because, obviously, you age in 20 years and your last image is that… so (she felt) people will say she’s not the same, she was very scared.”

Samir suggested that she must go ahead with the show anyway as “people’s memory is very short… I said it’s a reality show; they’ll rip you, be rest assured. Their job is that. People who are watching are looking for something to entertain themselves.” Samir admitted that he was initially skeptical about the show’s success, admitting, “Honestly, I thought who’s going to watch this because I myself don’t watch reality TV… I was taking it very lightly, the first season.”

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Samir humorously recalled how, before the show, fans would often ask Neelam to turn into a photographer if she was out with Samir, as they wanted to get clicked with Samir. But, this changed after the show’s release. After the show’s release, Neelam’s fandom grew exponentially. Samir shared, “After that people started asking me ‘How is ma’am?’ This was just after one season. I was like ‘wow’. After the second season, it was even bigger because it became one of the top ten international shows for Netflix.”

Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives is now in its third season.

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