Jawan Actor Priyamani Reveals How She Is Related To Vidya Balan: ‘We Are Second Cousins…’

Priyamani has been making waves in Bollywood after she starred in Jawan alongside Shah Rukh Khan. In a recent interview, she revealed that she is related to Vidya Balan. The actor said that they are second cousins but they have only met twice to date.

In a conversation with Filmfare, Priyamani opened up about her familial relationship with Vidya Balan. The actor revealed that they are related to each other from her father’s side of the family. She said, “We are second cousins on my father’s side. So, my grandfather and her grandfather are brothers. Her grandfather was the older brother.”

Priyamani also revealed that despite being related she has only met Balan twice. She mentioned that she met Balan once at an award show and the second time they met at a party thrown by Khan. Talking about their first meeting, she spoke about how they met at an award show in Vizag where Balan presented her with an award. She recollected, “One was at an award event in… I think it was in Vizag, where she had come with… I think she had done a Telugu film based on NTR sir’s life. So she had come… I think she must be getting an award or something so she came. They made sure that I was also there at that time so she gave me the award for some film of mine which I don’t even remember. The first time, I actually saw her on stage. She is very sweet and very warm. She said ‘Priya, how are you?’ I said ‘I am good. How are you?’ So that’s when we hugged and everything.”

The actor revealed that she met Balan for the second time at Khan’s birthday party. She continued, “I think the second time we saw each other was at Shah Rukh’s birthday party. She’s very sweet, very, very warm.”

While Priyamani and Balan have not shared the screen, they have always spoken fondly of each other in the media. After Jawan, Priyamani was seen in Article 370 and Maidaan in Bollywood.