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Actor Vikram, who is fresh from the success of Thangalaan recently spoke about his personal life on Ranveer Allahbadia's interview.
He recalled the time where he spoke about his first meeting with his wife Shailaja. He mentioned that he was on 'crutches' when he met her for the first time. Vikram also spoke about the time she didn't support his acting career.
Vikram talks about his interfaith marriage
Speaking about their interfaith marriage, he said, "She’s Malayali, and I’m Tamil… Today, you can have live-ins, but then, it was considered taboo to even talk to a girl, and somebody who’s not… I’m half Hindu, half Christian, and she’s Malayali, there’s all of that happening. But I’m glad I met her, and I’m glad she’s there."
When Vikram's wife didn't support his acting career
Vikram spoke about the time that he had differences and his wife wasn't supportive of his acting career.
He said "She always sees things in the correct perspective, unless she’s having a problem with me, then nothing makes sense… She’s so different from me, we’re like chalk and cheese. If I want the air-con, she’ll says she doesn’t even want the fan; I like to dress flashy, and she’ll say, ‘What is wrong with you’… Her family had poets and scholars, and I’m just an actor. In the beginning, she was trying to change me, but I said, ‘Let’s get one thing straight, that’s my first love, you’re my second love, if that’s not going to work, this isn’t going to work’. At times she would hope my films don’t work, but now she’s obsessed about my films working," he said.
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Vikram on meeting his wife for the first time
Vikram further spoke about the time he met his wife. He said "and after I got married, it’s always been my wife. She’s always been that source of support. She’s a psychologist, but she’s constantly helping people. She’s an angel of sorts… When I saw her the first time, I just felt something. She told me later that bells rang for her, and something happened for her to know that I was the guy,".
Vikram and Shailaja are parents to actor Dhruv Vikram and Akshita.