Trisha rebuts 'Gilli'-fed gossip

Chennai, July 27 (IANS): Popular Tamil-Telugu heroine Trisha has had to rebut several rumours at the same time.

In an interview with the mass-circulation Tamil weekly Kumudam, the actress attributed the rumours to the phenomenal success of "Gilli", starring her and Vijay.

The first and the most predictable rumour was about her relations with Vijay. "We are just friends," was her equally predictable reply. She added that the source of the rumour was a joint party in a big Chennai hotel to celebrate Vijay's success in "Gilli" and her own birthday.

Another rumour was that she had driven her father out of her home, as she found it infra dig to live with a man working at a hotel. On the contrary, she said, she was proud of her father Krishnan holding a good post in Benz Park Hotel. Her mother too is working as an executive with Apollo Tubes.

A third rumour, also hotly denied by Trisha, was that she attempted suicide. A fourth, and obviously false, rumour was that she had actually died!