4 min learnKochiMar 23, 2026 02:41 PM IST
Almost a decade after they officially parted ways, legendary filmmaker Priyadarshan and yesteryear actor Lissy Lakshmi have determined to provide themselves and their relationship one other likelihood. Instead of being chained to a wedding certificates to fulfill societal expectations and norms, the 2 have began dwelling collectively out of wedlock, hoping to finish the life chapter they’d deserted halfway.
Ever since the two appeared together on the marriage ceremony of legendary director Sibi Malayil’s son late final 12 months, rumours had been rife about their potential reunion. Aside from posing with Sibi, they had been additionally seen holding fingers, sharing hearty laughs, and interacting jovially with one another on the venue. The rumours of their potential reunion gathered additional momentum when Lissy just lately posted footage of them with Malayalam megastar Mammootty.
‘Priyadarshan, Lissy won’t remarry’
Now, Priyadarshan himself has confirmed that they’re certainly again collectively, however with out being sure by the establishment of marriage. “Except for a marriage certificate, we are living the same life together,” he informed Mid-Day. In truth, a supply near the household informed the publication that Mammootty met the couple to share his elation at their reunion. The megastar was just lately at Lissy’s studio, Le Magic Lantern, in Chennai for the voice recording for director Mahesh Narayanan’s Patriot, which marks the on-screen reunion of Mammootty and Mohanlal after 17 years.
Mentioning that their kids, actor Kalyani Priyadarshan and Siddharth, performed a key position of their rekindling, the supply maintained that the couple would, nonetheless, not marry one another once more. “This decision was taken six to eight months ago. The couple won’t remarry. To them, marriage is just a certificate; friendship, companionship, and love are more important,” they famous.
When Lissy known as their divorce as ugly as their marriage
Priyadarshan and Lissy tied the knot in 1990 when each had been on the peak of their respective careers. Subsequently, she gave up appearing. After 24 years of marriage, they filed for divorce in 2014, and it was finalised in 2016. In an announcement to the media later, Lissy known as their divorce as ugly as their marriage.
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“In recent times, all celebrity divorces — from Hrithik Roshan and Sussane Khan, Dileep and Manju Warrier, to most recently Amala Paul and AL Vijay — have been mutually agreed divorces. I am sure it also must have been painful to those couples, but whatever differences they may have had, they all decided to respect each other. Ours was the only exception where it was often a fierce and uncivilised battle on and off the courts until a compromise was reached at the Honourable High Court, Chennai. Perhaps the ugliness of our divorce proceedings says all about the kind of marriage we have had,” Onmanorama quoted her as saying.
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Ego prompted the divorce, Priyadarshan revealed
Meanwhile, Priyadarshan later cited “ego” as the rationale behind their cut up. “The only reason for the problem in my family was ego. I was born and brought up in a conservative family, and in my mind, the model of a woman is my mother. When we marry, we should not expect our partner to have the same nature as that of our mother because it is not possible, as she is from a different generation,” he informed Grihalakshmi as soon as.
The director added, “My parents also loved Lissy more than my sister. All these years I was living in heaven, and now we are separated. But my house (in Chennai) still bears the same name: Priyadarshan-Lissy. I know that, irrespective of whatever has happened, she still respects me. It was just a problem of ego.”
