Hyderabad, March 15: Chiranjeevi’s daughter Srija has lodged a dowry torture complaint against the man for whom she had once been ready to bring national humiliation for her actor-politician father. Three-and-a-half years since dramatically moving Delhi High Court for police protection against her father for marrying against his wishes, Srija today approached a Hyderabad police station. She alleged her husband Sirish Bhardwaj was harassing her for money though she had already given him several crores and gold ornaments to finance his abortive business ventures. “But of late there has been no end to his greed and it has become a daily practice for him to get drunk and torture me both physically and mentally,” says the complaint. Srija has alleged Sirish wants Rs 1.5 crore more from her to fund his new real estate business. Srija, who was 19 when she fled her parents’ home in October 2007 to marry Sirish, walked out on him six months ago with her two-and-a-half-year-old daughter but has not returned to her parents. She now lives in an undisclosed place in Hyderabad, probably at a friend’s home. Father and daughter have never been fully reconciled since Srija escaped to Delhi with the help of some Congress politicians the night she had married, and made headlines by petitioning for police protection and talking to TV channels. The scandal led to Chiranjeevi postponing his political debut. However, he and Srija later partly made up, and the actor provided a job to his unemployed son-in-law at the film censor board’s regional office. But the engineering college dropout was apparently not satisfied with the minor post. “He started harassing me after a year of marriage. As I had married against my parents’ wishes, and for my daughter’s sake, I remained silent,” Srija’s complaint says. “As Sirish is always expecting money from me, I felt insecure and transferred all my properties to my parents. Later, the harassment increased and they (Sirish’s family) kept a watch on my movements. “Recently, during my cousin Allu Arujn’s marriage, they called me several times to know my whereabouts. A week back he asked me to get Rs 50 lakh.... My mother-in-law was a part of all this.” “We have registered a dowry harassment case,” police commissioner A.K. Khan said. Sirish and his family were questioned today. Sishir had been Srija’s high school senior and, according to her, they had been in love for four years before they married at a temple here with the help of common friends. Both families were against the inter-caste marriage. Sirish was then a final-year BTech student and Srija was preparing for her CA admissions. Chiranjeevi’s family got wind of the wedding and lodged a kidnapping complaint against Sirish, claiming Srija was a minor. Some Congress politicians are then said to have offered the couple shelter in Delhi. The bride and the groom spent four hours on Hyderabad’s streets, changing cars from time to time, till they caught the evening flight to Delhi. In the capital, Srija gave the issue wide publicity, comparing her plight to that of Rizwanur Rahman. Since her marriage, she has never visited her father’s house even for festivals. |
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March 16, 2011
Chiranjeevi’s daughter Srija has lodged a dowry torture complaint
Kareena's egg funda
Doesn't do scene that has her eating scrambled eggs. Convinces director to let her eat pancakes instead!
An unusual request, this. Kareena Kapoor told Short Term Shaadi director Shakun Batra in no uncertain terms that she wouldn't eat eggs for a scene, though the script demanded it.
Says a unit source, "Kareena plays a hairstylist in the film and was to shoot a breakfast scene set in a US cafe with Imran Khan.
The director Shakun Batra wanted his leading lady to eat scrambled eggs in the scene but she refused to. She pleaded with, argued with and eventually, threw a tantrum.
The director finally gave in. The eggs were substituted by pancakes. And thanks to several retakes, the actress ended up eating as many as 15."
Says Bebo, "I don't eat eggs. I gave up eating non-vegetarian food six years ago. I told Shakun we could have me eat eggless pancakes for the scene instead. He was very cooperative."
She adds that it isn't a one-off fad. "Even if the scene required it, I won't have such food. I have laid down that rule and explain my stance when I'm doing any film," she says firmly.
An unusual request, this. Kareena Kapoor told Short Term Shaadi director Shakun Batra in no uncertain terms that she wouldn't eat eggs for a scene, though the script demanded it.
Says a unit source, "Kareena plays a hairstylist in the film and was to shoot a breakfast scene set in a US cafe with Imran Khan.
The director Shakun Batra wanted his leading lady to eat scrambled eggs in the scene but she refused to. She pleaded with, argued with and eventually, threw a tantrum.
The director finally gave in. The eggs were substituted by pancakes. And thanks to several retakes, the actress ended up eating as many as 15."
Says Bebo, "I don't eat eggs. I gave up eating non-vegetarian food six years ago. I told Shakun we could have me eat eggless pancakes for the scene instead. He was very cooperative."
She adds that it isn't a one-off fad. "Even if the scene required it, I won't have such food. I have laid down that rule and explain my stance when I'm doing any film," she says firmly.
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