Bhavadharini, daughter of music composer Ilayaraja and a singer herself, married Sabariraja, director of Kanann ad agency, at Kollur Mookambika temple on September 16th. At the reception last evening, many politicians and cine folk gathered to wish the newlyweds.
Ilayaraja and his wife Jeeva brought the newly married couple at 6.45pm to the reception venue. Bride Bhavadharini was wearing a red georgette sari embellished with silver embroidery. Groom Sabariraja was wearing a suit in tan color.
Even before the couple arrived at the mandapam, AVM Saravanan and Charuhasan were waiting to bless them. Rajinikanth and Latha turned up soon afterwards to wish the couple. After giving them a gift, they tried to leave, but that was rather difficult since Rajini's fans surrounded him at very step!
Political leaders like DMK's M K Stalin, R M Veerappan, Tamilnadu Congress leader G K Vasan, Dravida Kazhagam's K Veeramani, Puthiya Thamizhagam's K Krishnasami, Karunanidhi's daughter Kanimozhi, BJP's Ganesan came to the reception.
Among actors, there was Prabhu, Napoleon, Sathyaraj, Karthik, Surya, Sivakumar, Parthiban, Jayam Ravi, Ramarajan, Senthil, Vivek, Ramesh Khanna, Udaya, Nasser, Vijay Kumar, Mohanbabu, Pandu and Vaiyapuri. Actresses who attended were Meena, Sandya, Swarnamalya, Khushboo and Manorama. Directors present included K Balachander, Balu Mahendra, S A Chandrasekhar, S P Muthuraman, Cheran, P Vasu, Santhana Bharati, R V Udaykumar, Selvaraghavan and Durai.
Star couples Sarath Kumar-Radhika, Vijayakanth-Premalatha, Dhanush-Ishwarya also participated in the function.
Gifts were sent to the bridal pair on behalf of chief minister Jayalalitha.