Raj Nidimoru’s wedding with actor Samantha Ruth Prabhu on December 1, 2025, came as a surprise to everyone and made a lot of heads turn. But the talk is not just about the newlyweds anymore. It is about a person who has been in the background for a long time: his ex-wife, Shhyamali De. As pictures of the event were shared on various platforms, people who didn’t know much about the filmmaker’s past life started digging for information.
Who Is Shhyamali De
Shhyamali De has been successfully steering away from the limelight of the film industry for quite some time. Even though her name has been mentioned at times in the entertainment scene of the old days, no one has been able to find very detailed and accurate facts about her career or where she comes from. Some of the reports talk about her as if she were a part of the Bollywood side-by-side production team. There were also conversations about her involvement in the making of Rang De Basanti, but these are yet to be confirmed and are hardly talked about in detail.
The story of her wedding to Nidimoru is much the same. Shhyamali and Raj didn’t go out together very often, and after their quiet separation that happened a couple of years ago, Shhyamali decided to disappear even deeper into obscurity. There might be a few posts on her private social media, mostly dormant, where she mentions Raj, and the last one dates back to Valentine’s Day 2023.
But the fact is that this week her name popped up again. As people were commenting on the closeness and the small number of people at the Bhuta Shuddhi Vivaha event of Raj and Samantha at the Isha Yoga Centre, somebody noticed that there’s a short-lived post on Shhyamali’s Instagram stories that is a bit interesting and speaks about desperate people. She did not provide any explanation, but the timing was such that a lot of people took it as a reference to the sudden media interest in her past.
The wedding of Raj and Samantha was very simple and private, and a few relatives and close friends were present. The couple’s relationship was speculated since 2023 and became more and more obvious because of their appearances together in 2024, and had been quietly discussed a lot in the film industry.
At the same time, actor Naga Chaitanya, the ex-husband of Samantha, had also tied the knot with Sobhita Dhulipala in 2024, and, during the split announcement, he made it very clear that she was not involved in it.