Daijiworld Media Network - Bangalore (SP)

Bangalore, May 6: On Tuesday May 5, Sandalwood actress Shruti, known as the heroine of family dramas, who happens to be a BJP leader too, filed a divorce petition in the family court here. She is seeking divorce from her husband of 11 years, S Mahendar, whom she had married in 1998 after being in love with him for some time.

Shruti said, she wants to keep the reasons for seeking the divorce, a secret between the two of them. "I had thought of seeking divorce from him a few years ago, but put the idea on hold because of my celebrity status. I feel I have taken the right decision now," an emotional Shruti clarified.

It is said, Shruti has mentioned in her petition that she is unable to bear the mental torture of living with her husband who is deep in financial distress, having faced utter reverses in politics and who is unable to devote any attention to his daughter.

The couple has a daughter. Besides donning the role of heroine in several movies directed by Mahendar, Shruti had acted opposite her husband in the movie, 'Gattimela'. When Mahendar entered politics through the Congress Party, Shruti followed him. Even when Mahendar fought last year's assembly election as a BJP candidate from Kollegal constituency, Shruti campaigned for him actively. However, in this year's Lok Sabha election, Shruti was seen campaigning for the BJP on her own, without being accompanied by her husband. Shruti is also the chairperson of Women’s Development Corporation.