‘I have a real estate business, own a salon’: Tejasswi Prakash says she likes acting but won’t rely on it, invests in ‘money-making assets’

Tejasswi also revealed that she has always been very mindful of her expenses, which is why she doesn’t believe in spending her wealth on luxury items. Instead, she prefers investing her money in ‘money-making businesses’ like real estate. She said, “You should invest in money making assets. If I invest in a commercial property, then I know that I can get rent out of it while sitting at home. So I might not be using that property, but it is earning me an income. So, it’s not an expense but an investment that is making you money for yourself. I would advise many girls that it is very easy to get into a lot of pressure of buying expensive things. I see so many young girls wearing very expensive watches and heels.” Having said that, she said she has now bought a Rolex but now it’s her decision to buy things that she can easily afford it. She says an intelligent person will never judge her for the brands she is sporting.

She added, “If I can invest in a business today, then you would be very stupid to think that I can’t buy these expensive watches. It’s very obvious that it’s my decision to not take that and rather invest in a real estate business and make different properties.”

Talking about why she prefers driving her i20 instead of her Audi, which is worth Rs 1 crore, she explained, “I like my bigger car, but I often travel in my i20 because it is so convenient. The bigger car needs space to park, but this is not the case with i20. There is also this worry of somebody scratching the car and it involves extra expenses, so I prefer taking out i20 because it is so fast and you can park it anywhere, and it is a beautiful car. I think very practically. My iPhone is also three years old and it’s not that I will buy a new iPhone every year. I don’t care.”

She also compared her investment profile with that of boyfriend Karan Kundra, saying he comes from money and spend without thinking. She, on the other hand, says comes from not that privileged background and still second guesses when she buys expensive stuff and even her parents encourage her to do so. “Even now, when I buy a bag and its leather starts going, I don’t like it,” she said. She and Bharti Singh also discussed expensive bags and how the latter took a U-turn after refusing to buy an expensive bag, she now owns a range of them. “Now we don’t have a space in our house for bags,” said her husband as Bharti complained that she still doesn’t have a Chanel and a Birkin.