New Delhi, Feb. 27 -- Actor and TVK chief Vijay's wife, Sangeetha Sornalingam filed a petition for divorce in the Chengalpattu family court on Friday. In her petition, Sangeetha accused Vijay of having an extramarital relationship with an actress and has sought divorce on those grounds.

Sangeetha and Vijay have reportedly been married for over 25 years.

Sangeetha comes from a Tamil family with roots in Sri Lanka; her father is an industrialist who later settled in the UK.

She was once an ardent admirer of Vijay before the two eventually got married. Their relationship began in the late 1990s, after Vijay rose to fame with the success of Poove Unakkaga (1996).

At the time, Sangeetha-who was based in the UK-travelled to Chennai to congr...