8 Kollywood Stars Who Married Thrice or More

Gemini Ganesan, a film actor who has worked mainly in Tamil films is well known for his portrayal as a yearning lover in most of his films. He was called as ‘Kadhal Mannan’ for the romantic roles he played in his films. He was a recipient of Padma Shri and also won various prestigious awards like Kalaimamani, MGR Gold Medal and Life Time Achievement award. He has also received the Film Fare award twice throughout his acting career. He got married to Alamelu at the age of 19 and the couple has 4 daughters. He later married the actresses Pushpavalli and Savitri. He has two daughters with Pushpavalli and one daughter and a son with Savitri. He then went on to marry 36-year-old Julianna at the age of 78.

Kamal Haasan fondly called as ‘Ulaga Nayagan’ is a film actor, producer, director, singer and a dancer. He has received four National awards and 19 Film Fare awards. He has also received the Kalaimamani, Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan awards. At the age of 24, Kamal Haasan married the dancer Vani Ganapathy and divorced her 10 years later. After the birth of his first child, he married his co-star Sarika. After their divorce in 2004, he was in a live-in relationship with actress Gautami for a few years and later on got married.

Karunanidhi, a politician who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for five times and the current head of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam began his career as a screen writer in Tamil film industry. He used Tamil cinema to spread the rationalistic ideals of Dravidian movement, a political party to which he belonged. After the death of his first wife Padmavathy Ammal, he married Dayalu Ammal and then went on to marry Rajathi Ammal.He has four sons and three daughters.

Lakshmi, a film actress started to act at the age of 15. She has received 9 Film Fare and one National award right through her career. She was also a recipient of Nandi and Kerala state awards. Lakshmi got married to Bhaskar who worked for an insurance company. The couple has a daughter named Aishwarya. She then married Mohan Sharma in 1975 and divorced him in 1980. After that, she fell in love with actor-director K.S. Sivachandran and married him in 1989.

Raadhika is a film actress, producer and entrepreneur who has received 6 Film fare awards and one National award. She got married to actor-director Prathap Pothen. After divorcing him, she married Richard Hardy in 1990 and settled in London with her daughter. Finally, now she is married to actor Sarathkumar and the couple have a son.

M. G. Ramachandran has worked mainly in Tamil films as an actor, producer and director. He also served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu three times. He is the first film actor to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. MGR married Bargavi also known as Thangamani who died early due to illness. He then married Sathanandavathhi who died due to tuberculosis. Later on he married film actress V.N. Janaki.

Yuvan Shankar Raja, a music composer and vocalist has worked over 100 films right through his career. He has won two Film Fare awards and the Cyprus International Film festival award becoming the only Indian composer to receive it. Yuvan married his girlfriend Sujaya Chandran in 2005 and divorced her in 2007. He then married Shilpa Mohan and divorced her after living together for 2 years. He then embraced Islam and changed his name as Abdul Khaliq to marry Zafrun Nizar in 2015.

Sarath Babu, a film actor who has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi films has received Nandi award eight times throughout his film career. He married actress Rama Prabha in 1981 and divorced her in 1988. He then married Sneha Latha, the daughter of MN. Rambiar. He later divorced Sneha Latha and married a journalist at the age of 61.