Shhyamali De's friend makes shocking claim about Raj Nidimoru's marital status after wedding with Samantha Ruth Prabhu

L- Raj Nidimoru with first wife Shhyamali De; R- Raj and Samantha

Filmmaker Raj Nidimoru and actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu tied the knot on December 1 at the Ling Bhairavi temple inside the Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore. After their wedding, rumours of Raj Nidimoru's marital status with ex-wife Shhyamali De surfaced on social media. The two have never confirmed their divorce even though several reports claimed that they ended their marriage in 2022. The couple had tied the knot in 2015. However, Shhyamali's last post for Raj was in 2023 on the occasion of Valentine's Day.

Is Raj still married to first wife Shhyamali?

After the wedding ceremony of Raj and Samantha, Shhyamali's friend has claimed that the filmmaker is still married to his first wife. On Monday evening, Shhyamali's friend Bhavna Tapadia took to her Instagram feed and re-shared a post by De and made a shocking claim with it. Along with the reposted image, she wrote, "To all those who are asking me… last time I checked, she was still married, and the last time was NOW." The photo shows a woman with her eyes closed, adorned with a striking red bindi and a long streak of sindoor.

Shhyamali De's first post after Raj and Samantha's wedding

Shhyamali still has all the previous posts with Raj on her Instagram handle. She has not deleted any pictures with her former husband and continues to follow the Instagram account of her husband shares with his professional partner Krishna Dasarakothapalli aka DK.

She took to Instagram Stories and shared a picture of the galaxy. She edited the picture to place an arrow pointing into the universe and wrote, "We live here." Netizens feel it is a subtle response to the chatter around her ex-husband's second marriage, hinting at the insignificance of these situations in the larger scheme of the universe.

On Sunday, ahead of the wedding, the writer-healer had posted on her Instagram Stories, "Desperate people do desperate things." The post quickly gained traction, with many wondering whom it was aimed at.

Meanwhile, Samantha and Raj got married in a quiet ceremony in Coimbatore in the presence of close family and friends. Samantha and Raj first worked together in the web series The Family Man 2 and followed it up with Citadel- Honey Bunny.