Actor Prashanth has been engaged in a legal battle with his wife for the past one year following dowry harassment charges. Grihalakshmi had alleged that Prashanth and his family had asked her to bring a car as dowry. She further said she was ill-treated and subject to mental torture by her in-laws and complained to the Anti-Dowry Cell.

The department had been conducting an enquiry into the case and filed a 750- page report in the Saidapet Court. The report filed by the Anti-Dowry Cell had categorically denied any incident of dowry harassment of his wife Grihalakshmi by him. The report had vindicated him as all the charges of Grihalakshmi were found to be wrong by the police.