Bala addresses 18-year age gap with third wife Kokila; takes swipe at rivals: ‘Since they can’t get girls, they say I married four times’

Kokila, who is a relative of Bala from Chennai, married the Malayalam actor in a ceremony held in Ernakulam on October 23.

By: Entertainment Desk

Kochi | Updated: October 28, 2024 05:40 PM IST

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Bala was arrested recently on charges including defamation via social media, insulting womanhood and cruelty towards children, following a complaint from his ex-wife, singer-composer Amritha Suresh.

Actor Bala with his wife Kokila. (Image: Sneakpeekmedia/Instagram)

Days after he got married, reportedly for the third time, controversial actor Bala — known for his work in Malayalam cinema — has announced his plans to leave Kerala and settle elsewhere. He also shared that he and his new wife, Kokila, will have a child soon. Kokila, who is a relative of his from Chennai, married Bala in a ceremony held in Ernakulam on October 23.

“Kokila is 24 years old. I’m stating it openly. You can say whatever you want; or mock me. But everything that I say is true,” he told the media recently. “I am a good person, but that doesn’t mean I am too good a person. I lose control when I get angry. But then she (Kokila) gave me an advice: If you do good to 99 people and beat one person, where will the good done to these 99 people go? Then I realised. Now I will proceed legally. I’m telling you frankly, I’m leaving this place. I will be with you only for a little while.”

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“My wife does not like the media. We will have a child soon and live happily. I will always be king; and if I am the king, she is my queen. If anyone else is jealous of this, that’s their problem. Since they can’t get girls, they keep saying that I married four times. And whatever I do is deemed wrong,” he added.

Bala further talked about his wife Kokila. “I had never felt such a love for Kokila. Today, I say with my heart, I am 42 years old now and I am the luckiest person. Wealth will come and go. I’ve been to the brink of death and come back. God exists. It was my mother who went ahead with her proposal. I carried her around as a child. Love that comes suddenly and the one that comes slowly are different. This decision was taken in three months. How many people go into the bedroom and cry before going to sleep? There will be no more crying. I cried for ten years. No more crying,” he stated.

On October 14, Bala was arrested on charges including defamation via social media, insulting womanhood and cruelty towards children, as reported by news agency PTI. The arrest followed a complaint from his ex-wife, singer-composer Amritha Suressh. After his arrest and a medical examination, he appeared in court, where he was granted bail with two sureties of Rs 25,000 each. The court also barred him from posting videos of his child on social media and instructed him to fully cooperate with the probe.

Bala’s marriage to Amritha ended in divorce in 2019. He later married Dr Elizabeth, but that relationship also ended in separation. Mathrubhumi, however, reported that his marriage to Elizabeth was never legally registered. Bala was last seen in controversial director Omar’s Bad Boyz (2024).

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