Every person associated with it is surrounded by many stories and controversies. Today we are going to tell you about the personal life of a filmmaker who is called the king of comedy in India. He has taken many people from rags to riches. He has earned a lot of fame. He himself is very famous. His personal life was in the news a lot in the past. We are going to tell you about his wife children marriage and divorce. Who is this award-winning director? This filmmaker has been awarded three National Awards Padma Shri Jai Hind Silver Coin Award two Kerala State Film Awards and other titles. He has directed more than 100 films in 4 languages (Hindi Tamil Telugu and Malayalam). His name is Priyadarshan who is currently in the news for Hera Pheri 3. Priyadarshans in-laws were against the marriage Priyadarshan married actress Lissy in 1990 at the peak of his career. However Lissys family was against this relationship. They did not want their daughter to marry a filmmaker. They protested a lot. Also director-producer Alleppey Ashraf had told that Priyadarshans friends were also against this marriage. When Priyadarshans mother-in-law arrived on the set with goons Alleppey Ashraf had told that filmmaker and actor Cochin Haneefa had told him about Lissys mother. Once the actresss mother Alliamma had reached the set with goons. Her intention was to threaten to end their relationship and forcibly take away the daughter from there. But Haneefa defended herself and while chasing away the goons she had said - If any of you dare to touch her I will kill you. Lissy changed her religion for marriage and later changed her name Lissys religion was Christian and Priyadarshan belonged to the Hindu community. The actress later changed her religion and married the filmmaker after adopting Hinduism. They got married on December 13 1990. After this Lissy also changed her name to Lakshmi and quit acting. Lissy left her career for Priyadarshan and became a mother of two children After marrying Priyadarshan Lissy was offered many big projects but she left everything for her husband and started looking after the family and business. In 1993 she welcomed daughter Kalyani Priyadarshan and then in 1995 she gave birth to son Siddharth. Why did Priyadarshan get a divorce after 24 years? After 24 years of marriage Priyadarshan and Lissy separated. They got divorced in 2016. Now the reason behind this is not known to date but the director had said in an old interview that there is a lot of ego in his family and perhaps this became the reason for their divorce. According to media reports during the divorce proceedings Lissy had allegedly asked for Rs 80 crore as alimony from Priyadarshan. But later the actress reacted to these rumors and said that she had not asked for anything like that. Lissy had said that her divorce was as bad as her marriage. Priyadarshans son Siddharth is married to an American woman and daughter Kalyani is currently single and working in the South cinema.