One of Tamil cinema’s longest-standing marriages may be heading for a legal end. Reports have emerged that Sangeetha Sornalingam, wife of superstar Thalapathy Vijay, has filed for divorce — citing infidelity. After nearly three decades together, the news has hit both the industry and Vijay’s massive fanbase like a shockwave. And social media, predictably, has already decided who’s responsible.
Sangeetha Files for Divorce: What the Reports Say
According to multiple media reports, Sangeetha Sornalingam has initiated divorce proceedings against Vijay, alleging that the actor was involved in an extramarital relationship with a female actor. The two have been married for approximately 27 years — a union that, until now, stood as one of Tamil cinema’s most quietly enduring.
Sangeetha has not issued any public statement. Vijay, too, has stayed silent. Neither party’s representatives have confirmed court details or legal filings. What exists, for now, is a wave of reports and an internet that has already moved well ahead of the facts.
That gap — between what is reported and what is confirmed — matters enormously here.
Why Trisha Krishnan’s Name Is Being Circulated
Sangeetha’s alleged infidelity claim did not name any actress. Not once. Yet within hours of the news breaking, sections of social media had already assembled a case — pulling up old birthday posts, throwback interview clips, and on-screen chemistry from films — to link Trisha Krishnan’s name to the allegations.
This is a familiar pattern in how fan culture operates around Tamil superstars. When a named female co-star exists, she becomes the default suspect. Old, innocuous birthday wishes — the kind celebrities exchange routinely — suddenly became “evidence.” That tells you more about how online rumour mills function than it tells you anything about Trisha Krishnan.
Both Vijay and Trisha have stayed silent on these rumours. Some read that silence as confirmation. Others read it as dignity.
Who Is Trisha Krishnan? A Career Built on Her Own Terms
Whatever the noise online, it’s worth establishing who Trisha Krishnan actually is — independent of any rumour.
She debuted in Tamil cinema with Jodi in 1999 and found her footing with Varsham in 2004. What followed was one of the most consistent careers in South Indian cinema: Ghilli, Saamy, Ayutha Ezhuthu, Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa, and the blockbuster Ponniyin Selvan: I — a film that cemented her place in the front rank of the industry.
In 2010, she crossed over to Bollywood with Khatta Meetha alongside Akshay Kumar — a brief foray that underlined her pan-India appeal.
Her most recent headline-making appearance came in Leo (2023), coincidentally opposite Vijay. The film delivered massive commercial success, and Trisha reportedly earned around Rs 5 crore for her role, according to GQ India. Following Ponniyin Selvan, her per-film fee crossed the Rs 3 crore mark. News18 reports place her properties in Chennai and Hyderabad at approximately Rs 10 crore and Rs 6 crore respectively, with a fleet of luxury cars rounding out her portfolio.
She built all of that by showing up and delivering. That’s the fuller picture.
Vijay and Trisha: The On-Screen Pairing Fans Loved
The two have shared screen space across five films — Ghilli, Thirupaachi, Aathi, Kuruvi, and Leo. Audiences particularly loved their pairing in Ghilli, and the chemistry translated well on screen. That’s cinema doing its job.
But working together repeatedly in Tamil films is hardly unusual — the industry simply isn’t that large. Stars orbit the same projects. Co-star familiarity is the default setting, not an anomaly. Five films across roughly two decades is, within Tamil cinema’s ecosystem, unremarkable.
What is remarkable is how quickly observers are reframing that professional history — not anyone involved in it, but people looking to assign a storyline to a situation where the actual facts remain unclear.
What Remains Unknown — and Why That Matters
No actress has been named. No court has confirmed any filing. No representative has stepped forward with a statement. The divorce reports themselves, while widely carried, still await official confirmation from either party.
This remains a developing story. Stars in the Tamil film industry — Vijay especially — guard their personal lives with considerable discipline, and official confirmations rarely arrive quickly, if at all.
Sangeetha Sornalingam, if these reports hold true, made a significant and deeply personal decision after 27 years. That decision belongs to her. Everything else — the naming, the speculation, the recycled social media posts — is simply the internet writing its own script over someone else’s life.
This story is far from settled
As Vijay’s political profile continues to rise alongside his film career, how he navigates this moment — publicly or privately — will draw intense scrutiny. One thing is certain: the woman at the centre of this story deserves far more than a footnote in a rumour cycle.
