The two well-known personalities of the Kannada film industry, Prem and Rakshita were married on 7.3.07, Friday. After their wedding, they took the blessings of Sri Balagangadharanatha Swamiji.
Present at the traditional wedding were Rakshita's parents Mamatha Rao (former actress) and Satish (second husband of Mamatha Rao) Prem's mother Bhagyamma and other relatives. Smt. Parvathamma Rajkumar, Shivarajkumar, Raghavendra Rajkumar, Puneeth Rajkumar also attended the ceremony.
The wedding reception was held on 6.3.07, Thursday. It was expectedly flooded with guests including Ambarish, Dr. Vishnuvardhan, Keerthi, Puneeth Rajkumar, Upendra, Adhitya, Jai Jagdeesh, Hamsalekha, Darshan, Gurukiran, Jagapathi Babu, Deputy chief minister Yediyurappa, former chief Minister Dharm Singh, Health Minister Ashok, KFCC President Tallam Nanjunda Shetty, Sa. Ra. Govindu, H.D. Gangaraju, Balaji and others.
Rakshita, the glamour queen of the Kannada film industry, made her acting debut with the Kannada movie Appu, starring Puneeth Rajkumar in the lead role. At the age of 23, she has appeared in 25 films. She has acted in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu movies. Prem, the hattrick director, is now appearing in his acting debut in Preethi Eke Bhoomi Melidhe.