Sameera Reddy reveals that her mother-in-law Manjri Varde was divorced when she met him and lamented that her mother-in-law remarried: ‘It’s not easy being single’ |

A player Sameera Reddy He recently opened up about the close relationship he shares with his mother-in-law, Manjri Varde, revealing how she inspired him to regain his confidence after a difficult phase in life. For those who don’t know, after getting married when Sameera was away from films for a long time when she embraced motherhood again, the actress and her mother-in-law are the ones who are happy. Manjiri is an inspiration to many and Sameera has also believed in keeping it real on social media through her honest posts and confessions. In a recent interview, Sameera recalled that when she first met Manjri, she felt that her divorce and remarriage from her ex-husband had a big impact on her, although she didn’t say it openly.“I’m saying this publicly today. When I met him, he got divorced and my mother-in-law moved and remarried, and in my head, I always knew, even though he never said it, I always knew it was something that was bothering him,” Samera said at the FICCI FLO event in Bengaluru.Agreeing with her daughter-in-law, Manjri admitted: “It can affect any of us.Sameera said she saw great potential in Manjri and made it her mission to help her live with new confidence. He wanted his mother-in-law to stop holding back and enter the limelight.“I thought I’d make you super hot and supersar because I feel like he’s got it.” And I wanted him so I think when I met him, I felt that…The actor also spoke about the stigma associated with divorce and said he encouraged Manjri not to let people control how she lives her life.“This is what divorcees hear and I’m telling you, you don’t have to. You only live once, there’s only one life and if you’re going to live the life of people… These are the words I gave him. I said, ‘No one is going to hold your hand when you stand alone and cry in the corner. You have to wake up and you have to make yourself.”Sameera added that their intention was not to humiliate her mother-in-law or dwell on the past, but to focus on creating a better future.“Even if someone makes a move, we’re not going to spit in their face; we’re here to walk our path at the same time. Enlighten yourself; that’s when everyone starts turning on you.”She said, “The goal is not to sacrifice yourself to anyone else, not your husband, not even your family.”Sameera Reddy, who retired from films after marrying businessman Akshai Varde in 2014, later turned herself into a homemaker and producer. During the pandemic, Manjri Varde also became popular in her social media videos, and the duo won praise for their honest and collaborative work.Earlier, in an interview with Hauterrfly, Sameera praised her mother-in-law for being honest and supportive. He recalled that when they first met, Manjri had openly told him about Akshai’s dating history and praised him for not blindly taking his son’s side.Describing their relationship, Sameera said Manjri was someone “who was there, talked to me, was real, always picked me up. Not ki mera beta, mera beta. She was always like, ‘Sameera, are you okay? What do you want?’