Bhumika's Marriage Strikes Split Note?

When they wedded in October 2007, many Tinselville townies admitted to being a mite stunned. Apparently, Bhumika Chawla and Bharat Thakur were regarded as different as the proverbial chalk and cheese as hubby dearest was considered "showy and extravagant", while Chawla kept a rather low profile.

Word has it that the South actress who marked her Hindi debut alongside Salman Khan in 2003, has filed for divorce from her 'power yoga' instructor husband Thakur.

Reportedly, the Hyderabad based couple have been living separately since March 2010. On Bharat's insistence, Bhumika started a production house, greenlighting the firm with a flick called 'Thakita Thakita' that bombed rather badly leading to losses worth crores of rupees. Besides, insiders insist that he also got her to invest in a Dubai business venture that also bit the dust. Both factors also did their bit to sour matters between the duo, assert insiders.

A close source states, "In February 2011, Bhumika filed a police complaint against Bharat in Hyderabad."

Expectedly, Chawla was swift to deny such talk, rubbishing it all as mere tattle.

Says Chawla in a media quote, "It's like Chinese whispers. One paper writes something and the others follow suit, without verifying matters. We're fine, thank God."

The actress insists that she was with Thakur in Dubai for two months and is currently in Mumbai, as her mother underwent a heart surgery recently. Meanwhile, sources close to the couple insist that "they have been having differences for quite a while."