When Mahesh Babu's wife Namrata Shirodkar revealed she was offered 'lots of bold roles' before marriage: 'I wouldn’t exchange...'

Namrata Shirodkar bid adieu to acting after getting married to Tollywood superstar Mahesh Babu. The popular Bollywood actress known for movies like Vaastav, Pukar and others, also featured in Aishwarya Rai starrer Bride and Prejudice.

During the 2004 movie, Namrata revealed that she was offered a lot of bold roles but she rejected it. “I am not comfortable doing such stuff. I wouldn’t exchange kisses or make love on screen. I am not desperate. Thanks to the Almighty, I come from a secure background,” said Namrata while talking to Rediff.

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She added, “I get several offers, but have refused most. I am making a conscious effort to ensure that my acting potential gets tapped in every project I do. I would love to do only one film a year. If you see my career graph, you’ll see that I have never exceeded two films in a year. So why now?”

Ever since they got married, while Mahesh Babu continued working hard in his acting career, the former Miss India and actress Namrata left work and started her life as a homemaker.

Speaking to a Telugu YouTube channel, the former actress openly interacted about her relationship with her husband Mahesh Babu and also on why she chose to quit acting after marriage.

Making a clear stance, she said that Mahesh Babu had clarified that he wanted a ’non-working’ wife and this is why she wrapped all of her projects before getting married. “He was very clear about the fact that he wanted a non-working wife. Even if I worked in some office, he would have told me to leave that as well. There are certain things we had for each other,” she said.

Adding more to it, she also said that the decision was taken mutually and he too adjusted to certain things like moving to an apartment after marriage.

“Being from Mumbai, I was habituated to living in apartments and didn’t know how to fit into huge bungalows. I used to get scared. This is why we decided to move to apartments both in Mumbai and also in Hyderabad. Likewise, he also clarified that he didn’t want me to work which is why we took some time and completed all my work,” she further said.

Besides this, she also described her decision of marrying Mahesh Babu as the best moment of her life.