Did Ritesh stop Genelia from acting

Who stopped Genelia from acting in films? Movie lovers often ask these questions as Genelia D Souza stopped acting in films after her marriage though she attained stardom in Tollywood. Genelia after a long hiatus returned back to star in Ved alongside her husband Rietesh Deshmukh. This Marathi film is a remake of the Telugu film Majili which starred the then real-life couple Naga Chaitanya and Samantha.

When asked whether Ritesh Deshmukh or her family which is a powerful political family, stopped her from doing films, Genelia said “I had worked so much in all these different industries and we literally had a long distance relationship, even both of us. So I just felt that after marriage, I wanted to prioritize differently, right? And everyone the first thing when I got married said ‘Riteish told you not to work?’ I said no."

Genelia made this revelation while participating in Kareena Kapoor's Talk Show.  Ritesh Deshmukh shared “Everyone was like ‘You are not working because of Riteish? Is it because of the family? Because for me, family is me and her. It does not be the extended family. I think in our whole family there could be certain perceptions because of the political position my father held that, oh, you come from a certain family, but for us, it’s me, Genelia, and the kids, extended family. And of course, there is a responsibility towards what the family does, but our decisions are led by us and not by anyone else."

He also added, “And also in that, I think there is an equal amount of respect that whatever Genelia wants to do, it’s her decision. I will never, ever tell her what to do. And she respects my decisions also. And at the same time, in fact, right now she is back, she’s doing three, four films. I said you have to in fact, I said that I will make a film in Marathi and you have to do the film."