No such thing as bad publicity: Meera’s mother assures no controversy has ever bothered her

Meera also recalled getting an offer for ‘Jab Tak Hai Jaan’

During a recent interview for a local TV channel, actor Meera appeared with her mother and touched upon many topics. The two were asked about controversies, if any, that they found particularly offensive. Meera’s mother also revealed why the actor started refusing Bollywood film offers after a certain point.

When host Shajia Niazi asked if any report that surfaced – related to her daughter – rattled her or made her feel that “this” shouldn’t have happened, Meera’s mother responded in the negative. Meera, too, inquired if any news or controversy had ever disturbed her peace.

“No, never,” she assured. “I firmly believe in the saying ‘badnaam nae hogay to kya naam nae hoga (there’s no such thing as bad publicity)’.” The host insisted, “But I’m sure some things must’ve been hurtful, made you think about why they didn’t verify or run something by you two before airing it?”

“No, we don’t pay heed to such things. We are sitting right here, happily. We don’t talk about things that make us sad.” To another question, Meera asserted, “People look at me through their own perspective.”

About Meera refusing Bollywood offers, her mother informed, “After performing in the film Nazar, she also appeared in Kasak. She got a lot of offers but we didn’t go there as it was an unfamiliar land for us, it’s not easy for her to go and work alone, so we could not go, but still, she is getting Bollywood offers.

Adding to her mother’s comments, Meera said, “I regret not doing Yash Chopra’s film Jab Tak Hai Jaan. I got the offer in India when I went to do a Tsunami show.”

Talking about Meera’s camaraderie with Bollywood celebrities, Meera’s mother said that she could only talk about the actors who were good with her, she claimed that she gets calls from Aishwarya Rai and Juhi Chawla. She also claims Juhi Chawla calls her mom. Meera, however, said that she doesn’t have any contact with these actresses.

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