Sameera Reddy once spent ₹23 lakh at a Dubai mall: ‘Just because they had…’
Sameera Reddy got candid about her spending habits while in conversation with finance platform 1% Club.
Sameera Reddy got candid about her spending habits while in conversation with finance platform 1% Club. The 45-year-old actress confessed to spending ₹23 lakh in a single day while shopping in Dubai.

Sameera Reddy was asked what is the largest amount of money she has spent in a single day. “ ₹23 lakhs at a Dubai mall,” Reddy answered. She blamed a personal shopper for this staggering sum.
“23 lakhs at a Dubai mall, just because they had one of those personal shoppers,” the Musafir actress said. “They are there for a reason, you know. I stay far away from them now.”
Sameera Reddy, who is now based in Goa, also spoke about her policy on investing right, advising listeners to invest through SIPs.
Asked if she has a piece of advice for people who want to retire early, she answered: “SIPs.”
“SIPs are the strongest way to go because you are entering at different points in the market. It won’t hit you when the markets go up and down,” she explained. Reddy added another advantage of SIPs - you can start as low as ₹500.
About Sameera Reddy
Sameera Reddy is a former actress who has worked predominantly in the Hindi film industry. She made her debut in 2002 film Maine Dil Tujhko Diya. Her other works include Darna Mana Hai (2003), Ashok (2006) and Race (2008).
Reddy was born in Mumbai on September 20, 1978 to a Telugu father and a Mangalorean Konkani mother. She is one of three siblings - her sisters Meghna Reddy and Sushma Reddy have both worked in modelling.
Reddy married Akshai Varde, an entrepreneur, on 21 January 2014. The couple has two children together - a son named Hans Varde and a daughter named Nyra Verde.
ABOUT THE AUTHORSanya JainSanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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