Ram Gopal Varma and Urmila Matondkar, long alleged to be dating in the 1990s, are yet again grabbing headlines over fresh rumours. A senior journalist has now claimed that the two were indeed in a relationship and even tied the knot in a secret ceremony.
Ram Gopal Varma and Urmila Matondkar secretly married in a temple?
In a conversation with Siddharth Kannan for his YouTube channel, veteran Bollywood journalist Jyoti Venkatesh revealed that actor Chiranjeevi was the one who disclosed the information about their alleged marriage. He claimed, 'Chiranjeevi told me, 'Jyoti, as a journalist, you write about everything, then why did you not write about Ram Gopal Varma's marriage to Urmila?' When the journalist expressed his shock at the news and asked for the evidence, the actor revealed that the marriage happened in a temple in Andhra Pradesh and even shared the phone number of a priest who performed the ceremony.
What did Urmila say about her rumoured marriage to Ram Gopal Varma?
When Venkatesh was about to publish the news, he called Urmila to confirm the marriage, but his phone call left the actress in tears. She said, 'How can you write about me like that? You have known me since I entered the industry.' The journalist said he also contacted RGV, but the filmmaker declined to comment on the matter.
How many films did Ram Gopal Varma and Urmila Matondkar work together on?
According to the journalist, Urmila wanted to marry RGV, but he was not ready for such a big step at the time, which ultimately led them to part ways. The two worked extensively throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. They worked together on films like Rangeela, Daud, Satya, Kaun?, Mast, Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya and Bhoot.
During the peak of their professional collaborations, speculation about their relationship began to grow in industry circles. Some reports claimed that their equation had gone beyond work and had strained RGV's relationship with his then-wife, Ratna Varma.