12 Tollywood Reel Life Couples Who Tied The Knot In Real Life

The newest and most celebrated couple in the mordern times, Naga Chaitanya and Samantha compliment each other in every way. The two have been quite open about their relationship and have finally materialised their dreams by getting married to each other at a destination wedding in Goa. After acting together and shooting to fame together with the movie, 'Ye Maya Chesave' and acting together in 3 movies, the reel couple turned real couple recently. Much like his father, Chay also seemed to be an example for many to break the stereotypes of caste based marriages. 

Superstar Krishna’s son, Mahesh, continued his father’s tradition by marrying a heroine. He met Namrata Shirodkar on the sets of ‘Vamsi’. After the movie, they continued their onscreen relation off the screen. After 3 years, they married in Hyderabad, India. Their love marriage hogged the limelight for quite a while. Mahesh later debuted his son, Gautham, in ‘1 Nennokkadine’. This movie was directed by Sukumar and it opens with Gautham running away from some ruffians. They also have a daughter Sitara. The entire family made a public appearance at the audio launch of ‘Brahmotsavam’ audio launch.

Yuvasamrat Nagarjuna acted with Amala Mukherjee in the blockbuster ‘Shiva’. After that movie’s success, they acted in ‘Nirnayam’, which was also a success. After this movie, they married in 1992. Later, Amala quit acting and became a animal rights activist. Nagarjuna, who is a automobile fanatic, respected his wife’s passion by replacing the costly leather seats in his BMW 7-series car with synthetic seats. Their son, Akhil Akkineni, stole every mother’s heart with his charming infant debut in and as ‘Sisindhri’ and has now made his debut into Telugu cinema as a mainstream hero. 

Powerstar Pawan Kalyan married Renu Desai in 2009. After acting together in the blockbuster ‘Badri’, they started a live-in relationship. In 2003, ‘Johnny’ marked their last on-screen collaboration. After the disaster of ‘Johnny’, she later supported her partner by designing costumes for him. A year later, they bore a kid ‘Akira’ who was named after ‘Akira Kurosawa’, the ace director. They tied the knot in 2009. After their marriage, they had a daughter, Aadhya. However, they parted ways in 2012. After separation, Pawan re-married and Renu returned to her hometown. In 2014, she directed and produced 'Ishqwala love’.

Srikanth was cast opposite Ooha in EVV Satyanarayana’s ‘Aame’. When he first saw her, he thought she was a little fat. However, he loved her performance and proposed to her after the success of ‘Aame’. Post working in ‘Ayanagaru’ together, they tied the knot after informing their parents. Now, they are living happily with three kids. Their son, Roshan, is a Karate champ.

Actor Rajasekhar, who debuted in ‘Vande Mataram’, married Jeevitha after ‘Talambralu’. Strangely, he was the villain in that movie whereas Jeevitha was the heroine. The ‘villain’ married the ‘heroine’ in 1991. Rajasekhar has attributed the success of their marriage to Jeevitha. He has described her as a patient wife who smiles even in difficult times. In 2002, upon Rajasekhar’s insistence, Jeevitha turned director and directed her husband in all her films since. While directing, she treats Rajasekhar as an actor than as a husband. They are now politicians cum actors.

Superstar Krishna was a successful hero. He married Indira Devi and bore three kids with her. Later, he met actress-director Vijaya Nirmala (who later went on to become a Guinness World Record holder for directing the maximum number of movies) while acting in ‘Sakshi’. He then proposed to her during ‘Sarkar Express’ and subsequently married at Tirupathi. After their marriage, they’ve acted in quite a few movies. 'Paadi Pantalu’ and ‘Meena’ are some of the movies which went onto become blockbusters. Speaking about their relationship, Vijaya Nirmala said that her marriage was her happiest memory. She also added that she was in a really good relation with Indira Devi.

Character artiste Siva Balaji married his longtime girlfriend Madhumita. Though they are primarily associated with Tollywood, it was ‘Englishkaran’, a Tamil movie which bought them together. In 2008, they got engaged and a year later they married. They have two sons who are Dhanvin and Gagan.

Sarath Babu is a well established character artiste. So, is Rama Prabha. They first acted together in ‘Idi Kathakaadu’ in 1979. After acting in ‘47 Rojulu’, they tied the knot. After marriage, they acted in ‘Pelledu Pillalu’ & ‘Swathi’. Seven years later, they divorced. After separation, they acted in three movies. Speaking about the marriage, Rama Prabha said the separation was emotionally tiring. As for Sarath Babu, he remmaried.

Actor Ramakrishna, who acted in more than 200 movies, fell in love with Geethanjali after acting with her in quite a few movies. After ‘Ranabheri’, they both married and bore a son, Srinivas. Their happy life was torn apart when Ramakrishna passed away in 2001 due to cancer. After his death, Geetanjali went into a depression which she overcame after a short time. She is now a member of the Nandi Awards Committee.

After the death of his first wife, Chalam remarried Sharada. They fell in love after acting ‘Tandrulu Kodukulu’. The movie also happened to be Sharada’s debut movie. However, they divorced after a few years. Chalam passed away in 1979. As for Sharada, she continued in her profession and has turned out to be one of the prolific actors of those times.