{"id":20655,"date":"2025-10-25T00:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T00:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/90s-star-quit-films-to-marry-telugu-superstar-who-wanted-a-non-working-wife\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T00:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T00:25:10","slug":"90s-star-quit-films-to-marry-telugu-superstar-who-wanted-a-non-working-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/25\/90s-star-quit-films-to-marry-telugu-superstar-who-wanted-a-non-working-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8217;90s Star Quit Films To Marry Telugu Superstar Who Wanted A Non-Working Wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-1\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu11-2025-10-ffa9afade391db4e3c1afe46cd60342d.jpg\" alt=\"Namrata Shirodkar was among the top actresses of her time, and in the late 90s, she was ruling the industry with hit films like Kachche Dhaage, Vaastav: The Reality, Pukar, and Astitva, among others.\" title=\"Namrata Shirodkar was among the top actresses of her time, and in the late 90s, she was ruling the industry with hit films like Kachche Dhaage, Vaastav: The Reality, Pukar, and Astitva, among others.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> Namrata Shirodkar was among the top actresses of her time, and in the late 90s, she was ruling the industry with hit films like Kachche Dhaage, Vaastav: The Reality, Pukar, and Astitva, among others.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-2\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu10-2025-10-ac1de685567f5d0ede8fc331bfb5861b.jpg\" alt=\"After being crowned Miss India in 1993, Namrata was at the peak of her career when she shocked everyone by taking a step back from the film industry and deciding to become a homemaker.\" title=\"After being crowned Miss India in 1993, Namrata was at the peak of her career when she shocked everyone by taking a step back from the film industry and deciding to become a homemaker.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> After being crowned Miss India in 1993, Namrata was at the peak of her career when she shocked everyone by taking a step back from the film industry and deciding to become a homemaker.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-3\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu-2025-10-c0f42c9b50ab597af999790bf83d334f.jpg\" alt=\"But why did Namrata not continue despite having a flourishing career? It was because her then-lover, and now husband, Mahesh Babu, didn\u2019t want her to continue working. Despite her success, she has never returned to acting even after 20 years of their marriage.\" title=\"But why did Namrata not continue despite having a flourishing career? It was because her then-lover, and now husband, Mahesh Babu, didn\u2019t want her to continue working. Despite her success, she has never returned to acting even after 20 years of their marriage.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> But why did Namrata not continue despite having a flourishing career? It was because her then-lover, and now husband, Mahesh Babu, didn\u2019t want her to continue working. Despite her success, she has never returned to acting even after almost 20 years of their marriage.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-4\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu3-2025-10-94184fea991baffb4c807bb8b5a569f5-16x9.jpg\" alt=\"Namrata Shirodkar last appeared in the 2004 Hindi film Insaaf: The Justice and also featured that year in Gurinder Chadha\u2019s Bride and Prejudice. In an interview, she spoke about doing modelling to fulfill her mother\u2019s wishes. \" title=\"Namrata Shirodkar last appeared in the 2004 Hindi film Insaaf: The Justice and also featured that year in Gurinder Chadha\u2019s Bride and Prejudice. In an interview, she spoke about doing modelling to fulfill her mother\u2019s wishes. \" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> Namrata Shirodkar last appeared in the 2004 Hindi film Insaaf: The Justice and also featured that year in Gurinder Chadha\u2019s Bride and Prejudice. In an interview, she spoke about doing modelling to fulfill her mother\u2019s wishes.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-5\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu5-2025-10-71e19c082fa919c2de358173051f547e.jpg\" alt=\"Talking about stepping back and quitting the industry after marriage, Namrata shared while speaking to a Telugu YouTube channel, Prema \u2013 the Journalist: \u201cMahesh was very clear that he wanted a non-working wife. Even if I was working in some office, he would have told me to leave work. There are certain things we had for each other.\u201d \" title=\"Talking about stepping back and quitting the industry after marriage, Namrata shared while speaking to a Telugu YouTube channel, Prema \u2013 the Journalist: \u201cMahesh was very clear that he wanted a non-working wife. Even if I was working in some office, he would have told me to leave work. There are certain things we had for each other.\u201d \" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Talking about stepping back and quitting the industry after marriage, Namrata shared while speaking to a Telugu YouTube channel, Prema \u2013 the Journalist: \u201cMahesh was very clear that he wanted a non-working wife. Even if I was working in some office, he would have told me to leave work. There are certain things we had for each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-6\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu8-2025-10-655acfe139de8f93a8eacb08160f0759.jpg\" alt=\"Not only Mahesh, but Namrata also had some conditions for marrying him. Born in Mumbai, she always knew she wanted to live in an apartment, so the two decided to move to an apartment in Hyderabad. &quot;That was my condition that if I'm going to come to Hyderabad, I will live in an apartment,&quot; she revealed.\" title=\"Not only Mahesh, but Namrata also had some conditions for marrying him. Born in Mumbai, she always knew she wanted to live in an apartment, so the two decided to move to an apartment in Hyderabad. &quot;That was my condition that if I'm going to come to Hyderabad, I will live in an apartment,&quot; she revealed.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> Not only Mahesh, but Namrata also had some conditions for marrying him. Born in Mumbai, she always knew she wanted to live in an apartment, so the two decided to move to an apartment in Hyderabad. &#8220;That was my condition that if I&#8217;m going to come to Hyderabad, I will live in an apartment,&#8221; she revealed.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-7\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu7-2025-10-e24d439ecffd3ee48e01a53326fa0bdd.jpg\" alt=\"Mahesh was quite clear that he didn\u2019t want a wife who worked after marriage. &quot;We also took some time so that I could finish shooting for all my films. When we got married, I had no work, so I wrapped up all my pending movies. We were clear. There was a lot of clarity among us,\u201d she added.\" title=\"Mahesh was quite clear that he didn\u2019t want a wife who worked after marriage. &quot;We also took some time so that I could finish shooting for all my films. When we got married, I had no work, so I wrapped up all my pending movies. We were clear. There was a lot of clarity among us,\u201d she added.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> Mahesh was quite clear that he didn\u2019t want a wife who worked after marriage. &#8220;We also took some time so that I could finish shooting for all my films. When we got married, I had no work, so I wrapped up all my pending movies. We were clear. There was a lot of clarity among us,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-8\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu9-2025-10-8b9e72b882954ec17a6b50948d0323ec.jpg\" alt=\"Namrata described her wedding to Mahesh as \u201cthe happiest moment\u201d of her life, sharing that everything changed for her after they decided to tie the knot. She reflected on the joys of married life, calling the experience truly wonderful.\" title=\"Namrata described her wedding to Mahesh as \u201cthe happiest moment\u201d of her life, sharing that everything changed for her after they decided to tie the knot. She reflected on the joys of married life, calling the experience truly wonderful.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> Namrata described her wedding to Mahesh as \u201cthe happiest moment\u201d of her life, sharing that everything changed for her after they decided to tie the knot. She reflected on the joys of married life, calling the experience truly wonderful.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-9\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu4-2025-10-42fd5914f8b499cc57afeb545481d385.jpg\" alt=\"Speaking about motherhood, Namrata said she wouldn\u2019t trade the experience for anything. The couple is blessed with two children: son Gautam Ghattamaneni and daughter Sitara Ghattamaneni.\" title=\"Speaking about motherhood, Namrata said she wouldn\u2019t trade the experience for anything. The couple is blessed with two children: son Gautam Ghattamaneni and daughter Sitara Ghattamaneni.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> Speaking about motherhood, Namrata said she wouldn\u2019t trade the experience for anything. The couple is blessed with two children: son Gautam Ghattamaneni and daughter Sitara Ghattamaneni.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery-photo-10\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 phtwrp\">\n<figure class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2025\/10\/NamrataShirodkarMaheshbabu2-2025-10-27c338fbac5988318f98de69403ebae5.jpg\" alt=\"The actress also shared in a conversation with SpotBoyE that she waited for the superstar to marry him for four years as he worked hard to take approvals from his family.\" title=\"The actress also shared in a conversation with SpotBoyE that she waited for the superstar to marry him for four years as he worked hard to take approvals from his family.\" class=\"jsx-6a1e32423ad68b39 lazyload\"\/><\/figure>\n<p> The actress also shared in a conversation with SpotBoyE that she waited for the superstar to marry him for four years as he worked hard to take approvals from his family.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:0\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/photogallery\/movies\/telugu-cinema\/90s-star-quit-films-to-marry-telugu-superstar-who-wanted-a-non-working-wife-ws-l-9656901.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Namrata Shirodkar was among the top actresses of her time, and in the late 90s, she was ruling the industry with hit films like Kachche Dhaage, Vaastav: The Reality, Pukar, and Astitva, among others. After being crowned Miss India in 1993, Namrata was at the peak of her career when she shocked everyone by taking&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tezgyan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}