MUMBAI: Nithya Menen may be getting the appropriate type of attention for her movies and performances, but she has been very quiet about her romantic relationships. She reportedly got married to a well-known Malayalam actor last year, according to rumours that circulated at the time. The actor from Bheemla Nayak and Thiruchitrambalam, however, denied the allegations.

Also read: Must read! Nithya Menon breaks silence on the fake reports of 'harassment by Tamil hero'

She says in a recent interview with a well-known news site that her family does not put any pressure on her to get married and that she would rather live life on her own terms than conform to social norms. She said, “I’m beyond that now and I don’t think anyone can tell me about what I should do. My parents are wonderful that way. One thing they’ve given me is freedom and I cannot live without freedom and they understand that.”

Nithya immediately clarifies, that they would be more than glad for her to date a man but will never force her to marry him. She added, “There might be some basic expectations. For instance, if I’m with someone, they’ll be very happy and hope for it to progress. But they aren’t the kind of people who feel like I won’t be fine if I don’t have someone in my life. We’ve crossed that stage. Thankfully, at this point, nobody bothers me anymore simply because of who I’m now.”

Nithya continues by saying that while her grandmother was alive, who wanted her to get married when the time was perfect despite having a good career, things were very different. When we discussed it, she recollects, “There was a pressure to get married when I was younger and when my grandmother was alive. She didn’t care about how big an actor I was. She would keep saying, ‘What are you doing? You’re doing nothing in life! Why can’t you get married?’ (laughs) She isn’t here anymore. But other than her, nobody cares and tells me all that.”

The actor was most recently seen in the online series Kumari Srimathi, acknowledges that a woman is suddenly burdened with a lot of things the moment she approaches 30 even though she has drawn that line. She added, “There are so many pressures when you’re 30. There are so many boxes that need to be ticked in terms of marriage and so many other things. If you do certain things, you’re labelled as ‘good’ and if you don’t, then you aren’t. Strangely, there are so many rules in our society that we need to follow. Nobody knows why it has to be done but there are just rules that need to be adhered to. If you don’t, there’s a lot of backlash that you’ll face.”

Also read: OMG! South actor Nithya Menen makes a shocking revelation about a film reviewer, details inside

For more news and updates from the world of television, OTT, and movies, stay tuned to TellyChakkar.

Credits – News 18