Ajith Kumar Once Called Maheswari His Younger Sister, Actress Recalls 'Heartbreaking' Moment

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Maheswari, niece of lactor Sridevi, has revealed an incident where she was heartbroken because of actor-racer Ajith Kumar. Maheswari, who was a guest on the recent episode of Jagapathi Babu’s Zee5 show Jayammu Nischayammu Raa, along with Meena and Simran revealed that she had a crush on Ajith after working with him for a year and a half and felt heartbroken when he didn’t reciprocate her feelings.

Ajith Kumar Once Broke This Maheshwari's Heart; Actress Gives 'Sad' Confession

When Jagapathi Babu asked Maheswari if she had ever had a crush on any of her co-actors, and she said, “My crush back then was Ajith Kumar. More than a crush, I mean, I respect him a lot as a person. I will tell you a sad story about it. I had a crush because we worked on two films together for a long time. Due to a delay, we worked together for almost one and a half years.”

Maheswari and Ajith Kumar worked together in the 1997 Tamil films Ullaasam and Nesam.She went on to say that she was sad that she might not meet him anymore, as it will make the situation worse. “I admired him so much, and it was the last day of shooting. On the last day, I was sad that I wouldn’t meet him again. Then he came to me and said, Mahi, you are like my chelli (younger sister). If you need any help from me, don’t hesitate to ask. After that, there was nothing I could do. Nothing had ever begun between us in the first place to stop,” said Maheswari, making Meena and Jagapathi laugh.

For the unversed, Ajith Kumar is married to Shalini. Together, they have two children, Anoushka and Adhik.Meanwhile, Maheswari began her film career with the Tamil film Karuththamma. She won fame with her second Telugu film, Gulabi, in 1995. She went on to act in several Telugu and Tamil films in the 1990s, with her most famous ones being with JD Chakravarthy. Her last film was the 2000 Telugu film Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa.