It’s rightly said, keep it private until it’s permanent, and nazar is real. Pan-India star and one of the richest actors, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, surprised fans and celebs when she dropped her wedding photos on Monday. The actor secretly got married to her longtime beau, Family Man series director and filmmaker Raj Nidimoru, at the Bhuta Shuddhi Vivaha ceremony at the Linga Bhairavi Temple inside the Isha Yoga Centre in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on December 1, 2025.

It’s the second marriage for both Raj and Samantha. Raj was previously married to Shhyamali De, who worked as an assistant director on Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s Rang De Basanti and Vishal Bhardwaj’s Omkara. Samantha was married to Naga.

However, when Samantha dropped her gorgeous and surreal wedding photos, netizens and social media congratulated her and welcomed her decision with open arms.

However, when Naga married Sobhita on December 4, 2025, both of them were brutally bashed. It was the first celeb wedding where the couple received more curses than blessings.

And now, many social media users have pointed out that within a year of Naga and Sobhita marrying, Samantha too married Raj, and Raj’s ex-wife has been sharing critical posts on social media. With this, many alleged that Samantha is a home-wrecker and was in a relationship with Raj earlier.

Netizens have now asked people to apologise to Sobhita and Naga for the online hate they received.

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Several Reddit posts claim that Sam is the reason why Raj broke up with his ex-wife, Shhyamali De. Many have also stated that Naga got to know about his ex-wife, Samantha’s affair, and hence the divorce.

However, all these claims are unverified and only circulating on social media.

Relationship timeline of Raj–Samantha–Naga

Samantha Ruth Prabhu was married to Naga Chaitanya from 2017 until their separation in 2021.
Meanwhile, Raj Nidimoru was married to Shhyamali De between 2015 and 2022.

Naga Chaitanya married Sobhita on December 2, 2024, while Samantha married Raj on December 1, 2025.

Samantha and Raj Nidimoru have reportedly been dating since 2022. Hush-hush rumours were doing the rounds when they collaborated on consecutive projects. However, in early 2025, a picture of the two seemingly holding hands at a party attended by friends emerged on social media. The photo went viral, with a large section of people speculating about their relationship.

Meanwhile, eagle-eyed netizens stalked Samantha’s IG feed and found that she still has her wedding photos with Naga.

Just a few hours after Samantha and Raj’s wedding, Naga Chaitanya took to his Instagram and shared a post that has now gone viral. He celebrated the second anniversary of his OTT debut series, Dhootha, which premiered on Amazon Prime Video on December 1, 2023. Along with sharing his photo from the horror mystery thriller show.

Naga wrote, “Dhootha is a show that proved that if as an actor you make a choice based in creativity and honesty and you give it your best shot…people will connect. They will receive and give you back that energy. Thank you! 2 years of dhootha! Love to the team that made this happen.”

Created and directed by Vikram Kumar, Dhootha also starred Parvathy Thiruvothu, Prachi Desai, Anish Kuruvilla, Tharun Bhascker, Rohini, Tanikella Bharani, Priya Bhavani Shankar, and Pasupathy in the leading roles. The Telugu-language show, also available in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam dubbed versions, was renewed for the second season in June 2024.