Sameera Reddy remembers when a vegetable seller passed snarky comments on her postpartum body: ‘Didi kya hua aapko?’

“The bhaji vala would say, ‘Didi kya ho gaya aapko? Didi aap ho?‘ (What has happened to you? Is it really you?) I am amazed how Indians have this beautiful knack of saying, ‘Aap badal gaye ho na madam?’ (You have changed madam),” shared Sameera.

The actor also said that to avoid getting clicked by the paparazzi, she wouldn’t leave her house. She said, “I was caught in my own demons of how people were perceiving me. I was so scared of being photographed by a paparazzo that I would not go out.” However, the actor is not affected by what people say about her anymore.

 

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Now that her children have grown up, Sameera is considering returning to showbiz and is reading scripts. She said, “I value my time with my children and I am a hands-on mother. I have been reading scripts but you got to leave for weeks and I don’t have the guts to do that because they (my children) are my life right now. I am not prepared to leave them for long moments of time and that is the biggest reason I have not done it.”

Sameera also feels now is the best time for her to return to acting, as better roles are being written for women. She described the characters she’d play in films as all ‘t**s and a**’. “I know the time is now, I know there are great roles and I know I am ready for it. I am ready to do any kind of role, maybe I will do it next year. OTT has given so many meaty and strong roles. Vidya Balan and Kangana Ranaut have changed the game. I am just trying to prepare myself,” the actor concluded.

Sameera is at the top of her social media game and often shares inspiring posts on her Instagram account for new mothers.