Top News

When Raj Nidimoru and actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu tied the knot on 1 December 2025 at the Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore the celebration reminded everyone of Raj’s earlier marriage. His ex‑wife Shhyamali De a psychology graduate turned assistant director and script consultant suddenly found herself back in the headlines after a cryptic Instagram story appeared just hours before the wedding announcement. Who is Shhyamali De? Shhyamali grew up in Mumbai completed a degree in psychology and entered Bollywood as an assistant director. She contributed to Aamir Khans Rang De Basanti helmed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (2006) and Ajay Devgns Omkara helmed by Vishal Bhardwaj (2006) later shifting to script consulting and taking charge of the creative department for Happy Ending (2014) a Raj & DK project starring Saif Ali Khan and Kalki Koechlin. She met Raj Nidimoru on a set around 2012 married on November 27 2015 and they have a daughter whose name and details are kept private. However sources clarified that this information is false and the child Raj was spotted with once was his co-director Krishna DKs daughter. Shhyamali and Raj separated in 2021 and finalized their divorce in 2022 after which Shhyamali has maintained a low profile. The cryptic post of Shhyamali De On 30 November 2025 just hours before Samantha’s wedding announcement Shhyamali posted a story saying “Desperate people do desperate things.” It was deleted within minutes but screenshots circulated widely. Neither Shhyamali nor Raj has addressed it publicly. Post‑divorce Shhyamali continues her work as a script consultant and writer sharing occasional uplifting quotes on social media while focusing on raising her daughter. Custody and financial details remain private. About the wedding of Raj Nidimoru and Samantha Ruth Prabhu On December 1 2025 Samantha Ruth Prabhu and filmmaker Raj Nidimoru tied the knot in an intimate ceremony at the Linga Bhairavi Temple inside Sadhguru’s Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore. Early morning with just 30 close friends and family present Samantha dazzled in a red hand‑woven Banarasi saree heavy gold jewellery and a striking portrait‑cut diamond ring while Raj wore a white kurta with a beige Nehru jacket. The couple shared a series of photos on Instagram captioning them “01.12.2025” and the images quickly flooded social media with congratulatory messages from stars like Shraddha Kapoor Upasana Konidela Malavika Mohanan Kalyani Priyadarshan and Allu Arjuns wife Sneha Reddy. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Samantha (@samantharuthprabhuoffl) This marks the second marriage for both Samantha’s split from Naga Chaitanya (2021) and Raj’s divorce from Shhyamali De (2022). Their romance blossomed after collaborating on The Family Man Season 2 and Citadel: Honey Bunny and despite earlier cryptic posts by Shhyamali the wedding remained low‑key focusing on spiritual serenity.