Updated On: 10 June, 2025 04:18 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Actress Sameera Reddy opens up about how only Vijay Mallya performed the kanyadaan at her wedding. The businessman is related to the actress from her maternal side.

Sameera Reddy and Vijay Mallya
Vijay Mallya is known to make headlines often. He has been a central topic of media coverage and conversation for a long time now. The businessman boasts of a flamboyant lifestyle, which has often caught attention. But more than that, it is his legal controversies that have dragged him into the spotlight. Just a day after Royal Challengers Bangalore, an IPL team he formerly owned, ended their 18-year-long drought and emerged as champions in the domestic cricket league, Mallya once again made headlines after his podcast went viral. In the 4-hour-long podcast with a famous YouTuber, he spoke about his personal life. Amid this, an old interview of actress Sameera Reddy has emerged, wherein she spoke about his special role at her wedding.
During a 2014 interview with DNA, the actress revealed that it was Vijay Mallya who performed the kanyadaan at her wedding. She said, “Only Vijay Mallya, who is related from my mother’s side, gave me away to the groom. That apart, there were only friends and family." Notably, although Sameera and Vijay do not share a direct blood relative, Mallya is connected through the actress' maternal side. Hence, he walked her down to the mandap.
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