By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, March 31: The parents of film star G. Shivaji Raja on Monday filed a petition in the family court here urging it to ask their son to pay them maintenance of Rs 15,000 per month.Mr G Rama Raju, 66, and Mrs G. Chandravathi, 64, told the court that they had sold their property to bring up their son with the hope that he would look after them in their old age. But their hopes were belied. They made several sacrifices to fulfil their son’s dreams of becoming a film actor.
Despite this, their son never provided them shelter and food and they were forced to sell their remaining property to survive, the parents said. Shivaji Raja has worked as comedian, villain, character actor and hero in about 100 Telugu films. The parents complained further that he had done real estate business with the Rs 1 crore they gave him after selling their property in their village.
According to them, Shivaji Raja completed his education in a polytechnic in Hyderabad in 1979 and desired to join a film institute to become an actor. Under his pressure, they shifted house to Chennai after his acting course got completed. They also borrowed money at high interest to buy him a vehicle.
Since Shivaji Raja was not healthy from childhood, they also a spent a lot of money to give him treatment. However, now they were not in good health but the actor did not bother about them, the parents complained. Mr Raju said that he had retired as an attender from DNR College in Bhimavaram and his sole income was the pension of Rs 2,400. Doctors had recently diagnosed him with a heart problem, he claimed.
The petitioners alleged that when they approached their son for help, he abused them and drove them out of his house. Mr Raju also alleged that Shivaji had beat his mother causing injuries on her neck.
Despite this, their son never provided them shelter and food and they were forced to sell their remaining property to survive, the parents said. Shivaji Raja has worked as comedian, villain, character actor and hero in about 100 Telugu films. The parents complained further that he had done real estate business with the Rs 1 crore they gave him after selling their property in their village.
According to them, Shivaji Raja completed his education in a polytechnic in Hyderabad in 1979 and desired to join a film institute to become an actor. Under his pressure, they shifted house to Chennai after his acting course got completed. They also borrowed money at high interest to buy him a vehicle.
Since Shivaji Raja was not healthy from childhood, they also a spent a lot of money to give him treatment. However, now they were not in good health but the actor did not bother about them, the parents complained. Mr Raju said that he had retired as an attender from DNR College in Bhimavaram and his sole income was the pension of Rs 2,400. Doctors had recently diagnosed him with a heart problem, he claimed.
The petitioners alleged that when they approached their son for help, he abused them and drove them out of his house. Mr Raju also alleged that Shivaji had beat his mother causing injuries on her neck.
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