Here's everything you need to know about 'Anupamaa' actress, Rupali Ganguly's husband, Ashwin K Verma, whose daughter, Esha Verma has made some groundbreaking revelations recently.
Rupali Ganguly is among the highest-paid television actresses in India, and she is indeed a household name across the country. Courtesy of her incredible acting performance in the role of 'Anupamaa Joshi' in the hit daily soap, Anupamaa, she is one of the most bankable celebrities in the entertainment industry. Apart from being a celebrated television actress, Rupali Ganguly also leads a steady married life with her husband, Ashwin K Verma.
However, November 2024 was a massive shock for Rupali and Ashwin as the latter's daughter, Esha Verma's old posts in which she made a series of shocking allegations about the actress went viral on social media. For the uninitiated, in November 2024, a Redditor shared screengrabs of Ashwin K Verma's daughter, Esha Verma's old posts in which she talked about her step-mother, Rupali Ganguly.
In the old posts, Esha Verma had clearly stated that Rupali Ganguly and her father, Ashwin K Verma had an extra-marital affair for twelve years. Not only this, Esha also claimed that Rupali tried to separate her from her father. Esha also added that Rupali had a chaotic marriage with her father and labelled her as a 'psychotic person'. Further, in her old posts, Esha also revealed that Rupali gave her father strange medicines.
Esha Verma's old posts went viral on social media, creating a massive controversy around Rupali Ganguly and her husband, Ashwin K Verma. After this, Esha sat down in a conversation with Fress Press Journal and addressed her old posts that were doing rounds on the internet. Referring to the same, Esha revealed that she was just 3 years old when her father's extra-marital affair with Rupali started in 2000. The youngster revealed that her father was married to her mother back then.
Further, in the same interview, Esha Verma also mentioned that Rupali Ganguly used to come to her home in New Jersey and steal her mother's jewellery. Not only this, Esha also added that Rupali abused and threatened her mother. Opening up about her father, Ashwin K Verma, Esha said he left her when she was 13. Sharing how she lived a troubled childhood due to everything that had happened between her father and Rupali, Esha admitted that it was majorly her daddy's fault.
After Esha Verma's shocking posts and recent interview in which she accused her step-mother, Rupali Ganguly of theft and extra-marital affair, her father, Ashwin K Verma reacted to the controversy. The father took to his X handle and penned a long note in which he shared that his daughter was pulled into cycles of negativity by the media. An excerpt from his long note could be read as:
"I understand that my younger daughter still holds a lot of hurt about the dissolution of her parent's relationship, as divorce is a difficult experience that can greatly affect and harm the children of that marriage."
Talking about Rupali Ganguly's husband, Ashwin K Verma's profession, he is a businessperson, who was appointed as a corporate vice president at the New York Life Insurance company in the past. After working there for 19 years, he left his job and moved to Mumbai, where he started an advertising agency. Ashwin is also a corporate filmmaker who has done a lot of ad shoots in the past. For the uninitiated, he met Rupali while shooting an ad in which she was the main lead.
In an old interview with The Times Of India, Rupali Ganguly admitted that she and Ashwin K Verma were close friends for 12 years before tying the marital knot. She added that Ashwin was her confidant and philosopher, who always encouraged her to enter the television industry. On February 6, 2013, Rupali and Ashwin took the plunge in an intimate Bengali wedding. The couple embraced parenthood in 2015 when Rupali gave birth to a baby boy, whom they named Rudransh.
According to Ashwin K Verma's daughter, Esha Verma, he was married twice before tying the knot to Rupali Ganguly. Although the name of his first wife isn't available in the public domain, Esha confirmed that her father has been married thrice in his life. Ashwin and his second wife, Sapna Verma welcomed a daughter, whom they named Esha. According to BollywoodLife, Sapna Verma was crowned as Miss Karnataka back in 1986.
After giving divorce to his second wife, Sapna Verma, Ashwin K Verma started a new life with Rupali Ganguly. However, time and again, we have heard him saying that even after parting ways with his second wife, he has a beautiful relationship with his daughter. Even Rupali was seen hanging out with Esha Verma in one of the old pictures. However, when Esha was asked about the same in her recent interview, she labelled it as a 'bare minimum' gesture from her step-mother. She criticised her and stated that she posted the picture just to inform everyone that she is related to them because they've cornered her. She said:
"Nothing much has changed, I posted the picture to showcase that I am related to both of them, since neither my father nor Rupali chose to acknowledge me as family, personally nor publicly. She following me on Instagram and taking me out to dinner was the bare minimum too."
What are your thoughts on Rupali Ganguly and Ashwin K Verma's family drama, which is currently grabbing all the headlines? Do you believe in Esha Verma's revelations and accusations? Let us know.
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