Jawan actress Priyamani is making headlines currently for her recent interaction with Filmfare. She has talked about her marriage, kids, career and family and one thing that caught the audience’s eyes the most is her connection with Vidya Balan.
Little did we know that Priyamani and Vidya Balan are second cousins. The Family Man actress has spilled the beans on this in her recent media conversation and the internet is divided.
Priyamani and Vidya Balan are second cousins!
When asked her about Vidya Balan, she said, "We are second cousins on my father’s side. So, my grandfather and her grandfather are brothers. Her grandfather was the older brother."
Further, she also added, "Till date, I have met her twice."
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Priyamani then also recalled the two instances,when the two met. One was at an award function, where she received the trophy from Vidya and the other one was at Shah Rukh Khan's place.
We have on met twice…: Priyamani
Priyamani said, "One was at at an award event in… I think it was in Vizag, where she had come with… I think she had done a Telugu film based on NTR sir’s life. So she had come… I think she must be getting an award or something so she came. They made sure that I was also there at that time so she gave me the award for some film of mine which I don’t even remember. The first time, I actually saw her on stage. She is very sweet, very warm. She said 'Priya, how are you?' I said 'I am good. How are you?' So that’s when we hugged and everything."
Recalling the second meeting at Bollywood's Badshah Shah Rukh Khan's birthday party, the actress said, "I think the second time we saw each other was at Shah Rukh’s birthday party. She’s very sweet, very, very warm."
Priyamani was recently seen in SRK's Jawan, directed by Atlee. The film broke many box office records crossing Rs 1000 crore gross worldwide. The two also starred together in Rohit Shetty’s Chennai Express.