Personal Life
Prabhu Deva married Ramlath who converted from Islam and changed her name to Latha; they had three children - their eldest son (Basavaraju/Vishal) died of cancer in 2008.
During the making of the film Villu in 2008, there were reports that he and actress Nayantara fell in love on the sets with some reports even claiming that he married her secretly in June 2009. She had tattooed his name on her wrist and began appearing with him in public, while neither denying nor confirming the relationship. In September 2010, Prabhu Deva openly confessed his love for Nayantara and further stated that he would marry her soon. The issue gained media attention and turned into a controversy, since Prabhu Deva was not divorced from Ramalath. Prabhu Deva publicly claimed that his marriage to Ramalath was invalid; he privately wed Nayantara after she underwent conversion to Hinduism. Unwilling to grant a divorce, she filed a petition at the family court, seeking directions against her husband and Nayantara marrying, attending functions together and receiving awards as husband and wife, and requesting a reunion with him. Furthermore, Ramalath threatened to go on hunger strike if Prabhu Deva married Nayantara, while several women's organizations conducted protests against Nayantara for bringing disrepute to Tamil culture, burning an effigy of her. In 2012, Nayantara confirmed that she had ended her relationship with Prabhu Deva.
Prabhu Deva has moved to Mumbai and is residing at Boney Kapoor's old place in Green Acres.
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