Yesteryears popular Malayalam actress Lissy Lakshmi who made a mark in Tamil and Telugu films also was in a bitter divorce battle with famed director Priyadarshan from some time ago. Lissy and Priyadarshan were married for almost 26 years, before they parted ways. Talking about the ugly divorce battle that took place, Lissy said, "My marriage with Priyadarshan officially ended today. We both have signed the final papers at the Family Court in Chennai. This has been a real ordeal.

In recent times, all celebrity divorces, from Hrithik (Roshan) and Sussanne to Dilip and Manju (Warrier) to most recently Amala (Paul) and Vijay all have been mutually agreed divorces. I am sure it also must have been painful to those couples but whatever differences they may have had, they all decided to respect each other". She went on and added, "It was a fierce and uncivilized battle on and off the courts until a compromise was reached at the Madras High Court. Perhaps the ugliness of our divorce proceedings says all about the kind of marriage we have had. Anyway, I feel relieved now.", the actress said in a statement.