Kavya Madhavan files for divorce

Actress Kavya Madhavan filed divorce petition with the Family Court at Ernakulam and a petition in the First Class Magistrate Court against her husband Nishal Chandra and in-laws under the Domestic Violence Act, on Saturday.



Kavya got married to computer engineer Nishal Chandra on February 5 last year at Kollur Mookambika Temple. After the marriage she lived in Kuwait with Nishal, who is a bank employee there and decided to quit the film industry at the height of her career. After living for a period of five months, discord disrupted their life and Kavya returned to her parents’ home.