She never wanted to join films, even though she married into a family where almost everyone is associated with the film industry. Fashion designer Seema Khan found herself in the limelight when she starred in the recently released OTT show, Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives.

Wife of actor Sohail Khan, she emphasises that she’s a very “private person”, but her problem wasn’t that she wouldn’t open up in front of the camera. “I don’t know when to hold back. When I decided to do this show, I was sure that whatever I do, I’ll do a 100% and won’t make anything up. I’m not an actress and have never faced the camera. It was definitely a little daunting. The only thing was I wasn’t going to be insensitive to anyone,” she says.

And Seema certainly was herself on the show. No holds barred is how she talked about her personal life, and even termed hers and Sohail’s marriage as “unconventional”.

What also got talked about is how all the star kids — her sons Nirvaan and Yohan, Sanjay Kapoor’s kids Shanaya and Jahaan, Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan and more, were featured on the show. People thought it was like an audition showreel. Seema has a clear take on this. “It’s a reality show about our lives. These children are our lives. The biggest part of any woman’s life is her family and children. To not have them would be going completely against reality!” she quips.

So tomorrow, will she be okay with her sons getting into acting and the nepotism debate that will follow them? “Talent has to speak. We have actors in the industry, who’ve hailed from big film families, who haven’t made it, including my own husband. Nepotism doesn’t mean you’re going to make it,” concludes Seema.