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Saiyami Kher never wanted to be an actress

Saiyami Kher

Saiyami Kher has said she never had childhood ambitions to be an actress. However the acting bug bit her and she credits her debut director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra for changing her perspective on life through acting.

The former model turned actress made her debut this year opposite Harshvardhan Kapoor in Mehra’s ‘Mirzya’ (2016).  Speaking to Hindustan Times, Kher said “I didn’t always want to act. It wasn’t a childhood dream. My parents were both actors, but they took us away from all that to Nashik, Maharashtra, to give us a middle-class upbringing. They wanted us to know that there is another world beyond cinema and showbiz, which they succeeded in doing.”

Speaking about Mehra, Kher added, “He has been a teacher, a friend, and a philosopher, and has taught me to look at life from a different perspective. He is a family member now”.