Actress Shilpa Shirodkar has been away from movies for a while now and came back to the limelight after being a part of ‘Bigg Boss’ Shilpa will be seen again on screen with ‘Jatadhara’ which also stars Sonakshi Sinha and Sudheer Babu. In a recent interview while promoting ‘Jatadhara’, Shilpa opened up on her equation with brother-in-law, superstar Mahesh Babu and how he is as a person. “He is family and is one of the kindest souls I’ve met. As an actor, I’m a fan of Mahesh. He is my brother-in-law and he is…I mean, you know what? Honestly, he is one person I would say who only wants the best for everyone. There’s no malice, there’s no jealousy, there’s no envy. He is just what you see of him,” she said during an interview with PRema. Mahesh Babu is widely known in the Telugu film industry for his humility and for often appreciating films across different languages on social media. When Shilpa was asked whether she had ever considered acting in one of his films, she smiled and said, “No, I haven’t crossed that path yet. But maybe if this film does well…I haven’t asked him about it,” referring to ‘Jatadhara’.For those unfamiliar, Shilpa’s sister, former actress Namrata Shirodkar, has been married to Mahesh Babu for two decades. The couple shares two children, Gautam and Sitara, both of whom have shown an interest in acting. Shilpa Shirodkar had stepped away from films after MF Husain’s ‘Gaja Gamini’ (2000) following her marriage to Aparesh Ranjit. The couple has a daughter together. Over the years, she made her mark on television with shows like ‘Ek Mutthi Aasmaan’, ‘Silsila Pyaar Ka’, and ‘Savitri Devi College & Hospital’. She returned to films with the 2020 Hindi action drama ‘Guns of Banaras’.Meanwhile, Mahesh Babu was last seen in Trivikram Srinivas’ ‘Guntur Kaaram’ (2024). He is currently working with SS Rajamouli on a high-octane action-adventure tentatively titled ‘SSMB 29’, which also stars Priyanka Chopra and Prithviraj Sukumaran.
