Mangaluru : Tulu Actress and Sandalwood’s popular actor 31 year old Ramya Barna has allegedly married in a love affair with Fahad Ali Khan, who is two years younger to her, as per Shivajinagar’s sub-registrar’s office sources.

She acted Vijaya Kumar Kodialbails Tulu film ‘Oriyardori Asal’and Madime as lead role. ‘Oriyardori Asal’ was a massive hit running housefull for 150 days!.

Sources said, she also converted to Islam as per their clauses, and to change her the name for him.

It is said that Ramya and Fahad Ali Khan solemnised their marriage on May 29, 2017 at Shivajinagar’s sub-registrar’s office. Fahad, is the son of JD(S) leader Zameer Ahmed Khan’s brother-in-law’s nephew. Fahad had dabbled in politics – he had contested in BBMP elections from Jayamahal ward from JD (S).

Former JD(S) leader Zameer Ahemed Khan that “He was not aware of the marriage and he came to know about it after television channels splashed the news.”

There were reports that Ramya’s last movie ‘Toss’ could be her last outing however no reason was cited for this. But now it has turned out that since Ramya had plans to settle down, she had decided to go slow on her movie journey.

‘Toss’ director Dayal Padmanabhan that Ramya was not keen to join the film crew in its promotion. “She told me her mother had to undergo a surgery, so she could not be part of the promotion team. However, I wasn’t aware of her marriage,” Padmabhan said.

As the news broke, Ramya Barna confirmed, she had indeed married Fahad. “My mother was not feeling well so, we registered our marriage in a simple ceremony. However, I will hold a reception for family and colleagues from the industry, once my mother recovers well,” said Ramya.

Coorg-born Ramya made her debut as a supporting artiste in ‘Hani Hani’ in 2008. Later, she acted in Yogaraj Bhat ‘s hit movie ‘Pancharangi’ and again went on to bag supporting role in Puneeth Rajkumar starrer ‘Hudugaru’. For both the movies, she was nominated for Filmfare for best supporting actress – Kannada. Ramya’s recent movie ‘Toss’ is ready for release.

Ramya was born in the Coorg district of Karnataka in India 4 August 1986. Her father is an Assistant general manager at the RBI. She did her schooling in Bangalore and also in Mumbai. She has completed her bachelor’s degree in Travel and Tourism from Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore.She started her career with Wipro in a BPO in Navi Mumbai for a year as a customer service executive.In 2010 she was doing her MBA course from Sikkim Manipal University parallel to her cinema career.