Date:18/10/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/10/18/stories/2007101861271200.htm

Andhra Pradesh

Chiranjeevi’s daughter weds

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Film star Chiranjeevi’s second daughter, Sreeja, married Shirish Bharadwaj, an engineering graduate, at the Arya Samaj temple here on Wednesday.

Sreeja, 19, who is pursuing a course in chartered accountancy and Bharadwaj, 22, said they knew each other for the last four years. Parents of neither the bride nor the bridegroom were present. Chiranjeevi could not be contacted but his brother-in-law Allu Aravind said the film star was “shocked” because Sreeja had not informed her parents.

PTI reports: Sirish said, “We did not inform our parents about our marriage plans. This is not out of any disrespect for them. We had to do this because our families are against this inter-caste marriage.”