Dusky beauty Sameera Reddy, foraying into Kollywood with Gautham Menon’s Vaaranam Aayiram, has a strong lineage.

This actress never had qualms over acting in different languages and has in fact had great reception in West Bengal after her performance for Budhadeb Dasgupta’s Kalpurush came in for rave reviews.

It is noteworthy that this film fetched its director the National Award for this film. She claims that acting in other languages is an enlightening experience and her stint in Kalpurush actually was an exercise in self-discovery.

This actress, who is plays a NRI studying in the US who falls in love with Surya in Vaarnam Aayiram, has a strong business tycoon for her relative maternal uncle to be precise. It is none other than liquor baron Vijay Mallya, CEO of Kingfisher group of companies. She has even walked the ramp for the Kingfisher Fashion Awards a few years back. She seldom walks the ramp as she claims that it gives her the jitters.