Tale of two stars, their wives
Published Date: 6/16/2007 - (NIE)
BHAMA DEVI RAVI, A SELVARAJ & PRIYAMVATHA P
Cheenai, June 15: Two young Kollywood heroes - Srikanth and Prasanth - were caught in different wedding rows on Friday.
While Srikanth was in a tight spot with estranged fiancee Vandana releasing evidence of their registered marriage, Prasanth turned the tables on his estranged wife Grihalakshmi by alleging that she had concealed her first marriage with one Narayana Venu Prasad in 1998.
Vandana, whose proposed marriage with Srikanth on June 18 was called off after the media published reports about her brother Harshvardhan Reddy's involvement in land frauds, has been on a dharna at the actor's house in Vadapalani for the past two days.
She allegedly forced herself into the house on Wednesday night.
She released a marriage certificate, issued by a Registrar's office in Kakinada four months ago and also the photographs. The wedding, according to her, was performed without the knowledge of Srikanth's parents and the actor had promised to convince them to accept her at a later date.
However, Srikanth, who had refused to address the media till now on this issue, finally came out in the open at a late evening press conference wherein he admitted to have signed the mar riage papers.
‘‘However, our marriage never consummated. I went in for a register marriage as I loved her and was hopeful of convincing my parents. Soon after we announced our formal wedding date, I learnt that Vandana was jailed for an offence and that the passports of her parents were impounded for their involvement in criminal cases. She turned up at my house two days ago with tough-looking henchmen. I have been forced to abandon my house with my aged parents as I fear for their life. I have sought police protection,'' the actor said adding he would initiate legal action against Vandana.
According to him, he had given ample time for Vandana to prove her innocence and then tie the knot.
However, Vandana insisted that she and her lawyer Jayarani would wait at the actor's house till he returned and accepted her as wife.
Srikanth' father had meanwhile met the Chennai Police Commissioner seeking intervention twice in the last two days.
Elsewhere, Prasanth lodged a complaint with the T Nagar police station urging them to investigate Grihalakshmi's past marriage.
‘‘I learnt of her first marriage two days ago through fans and sources. I am still struggling to come to terms with reality. I do not know anything about Prasad,'' he told Express. He claimed that he had the marriage certificate of Grihalakshmi and Prasad.
According to him, his estranged wife and her parents had levelled dowry harassment charges against him to extract money.
‘‘I have been in the film industry for 17 years with a clean image. There were no scandals surrounding me,'' he added.
However, Grihalakshmi's lawyer Sudha Ramalingam accused Prasanth of levelling false allegations against her. ‘‘She does not know anyone by name Prasad.
She will initiate legal action against the actor for trying to damage her reputation,'' Sudha Ramalingam said.
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