A player Sameera Reddy He didn’t hesitate to talk about the challenges he faced before making a mark in Bollywood. Although acting was not part of her original plan, she found herself entering the business after appearing in Pankaj Udhas’ 2000 music video ‘Ahista Kijiye Baatein’. The popularity of this song made him start acting differently Sohail Khan in ‘Maine Dil Tujhko Diya’ (2002). In retrospect, Sameera recently revealed that the event was far from glamorous, recalling the immense stress of preparation and opening up about her lifelong struggle with stuttering.Speaking to Hauterrfly, Sameera went back to the first day of shooting and admitted that she was nervous. “After shooting a random music video, I came back and it turned out to be a huge hit. I thought to myself, ‘I don’t want to do this’. I used to be very nervous in the beginning. When I did my first film ‘Maine Dil Tujhko Diya’ I remember the first shot. Aishwarya Rai and Salman Khanall sitting there. He was producing the film and Sohail Khan was with me,” he shared.Describing the difficult time, he added, “I remember all I had to say was ‘Why don’t you go?’ As soon as he said to do something, I just spoke. I was so scared, my hands were shaking and sweating. But, I remember my therapist said, ‘What scares you? If you break it, you will break many other dangerous things’. That’s what I teach my kids.”The actor also reflected on having a speech impediment from childhood and explained how he slowly learned to accept it instead of fearing judgment. “Today as someone who stutters, I can tell if someone is stuttering. But I know inside that if I did, what’s the big deal? Are you going to laugh? So what happens? I’m sitting here, you’re all looking at me. That’s what I’m thinking,” he said.Sameer also spoke about encountering race in his first film, revealing that his skin was deliberately altered on screen. “In my first film, * Maine Dil Tujhko Diya *, I was made up two or three shades lighter. I almost looked grey! I used to make up the whole body to match the color of my face and my body. Do you know how many women there are in their families? Her parents who are in-laws say, ‘You are dark or fat.’‘What the hell! Who gave the definition of beauty?” he agreed.