Kiara Advani on keeping relationship with Sidharth Malhotra a private affair: We're actors first, want to be known for that

Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra. Pic/Instagram

Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra kept their relationship guarded and made it official only after tying the knot in February this year. They married in a traditional Hindu ceremony in the presence of family members and friends at Jaisalmer's Suryagarh Palace. The couple dated for a few years before taking the next step in their relationship.

Kiara, who has been extremely protective about her personal life, revealed the reason behind not making her relationship with Sidharth official before the wedding. The actress said in an interview with Femina, "Before we were married, it was an issue because we wanted to protect our relationship. We are both self-made actors and have earned our spaces in the industry on our own."

She further added, "It's something that we've put so much hard work into that we would not want it to be taken away by having the focus shift to our personal lives." For the unversed, Kiara is the step-great-granddaughter of Ashok Kumar and the grand-niece of Saeed Jaffrey. Her mother Genevieve is the daughter of Saeed's brother Hamid and his first wife, a British woman. He divorced his British wife and married Bharti Ganguly, who is one of the daughters of Ashok Kumar.

Talking about the intimate wedding, the actress said, "It was a beautiful union, and, of course, we wanted to share it with everybody." She continued, "We are public figures, and a certain inquisitiveness comes with it - which is fine. It's even sweet. But it cannot take away from our work. We are actors first and that's what we want to be known for."

Sharing pictures from the wedding on Instagram, Kiara and Sidharth quoted the famous dialogue from their film, Shershaah. The caption read, ""Ab humari permanent booking hogayi hai" We seek your blessings and love on our journey ahead." Within hours, they surpassed Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt and Katrina Kaif and Vicky Kaushal's wedding pictures in terms of likes on Instagram.

Workwise, Kiara was last seen in Satyaprem Ki Katha. The actress will share the screen space with Ram Charan in the pan-India film, Game Changer. She is reportedly the lead with Hrithik Roshan and Jr. NTR in War 2. As per reports, Kiara will be joining Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Baiju Bawra. The film's cast is yet to be officially announced.