The “broken-marriage” episode of Praja Rajyam Party president K Chiranjeevi’s daughter Srija resembles that of Sravanthi, daughter of yesteryears’ glamour queen Jamuna.
Like Sravanthi, Srija, too, had an inter-caste marriage with Sirish Bharadwaj (who belongs to Brahmin community); the only difference is that Sravanthi had convinced her parents to perform the marriage, whereas Srija had eloped with Sirish against parents’ wishes.
Both the girls were happy till they gave birth to children – Sravanthi had a son, while Srija gave birth to a baby girl.
Trouble started only later and both of them had complained to the police against their husbands alleging that they were being harassed for more dowry.
Sravanthi complained to the police that her husband Rahul Reddy wanted that Jamuna transferred her house in his name; and Srija, too, alleged that Sirish was harassing her demanding transfer of properties in his name. Both the girls said their husbands had turned sadists.
Interestingly, in both the cases, the parents had accepted their daughters back into their house and proceeded against their sons-in-law. And in both the cases, the boys had planned to enter the film industry using their in-laws’ influence: Rahul wanted to become an actor, whereas Sirish, who managed to become Censor Board member, wanted to make it big through film making!
