Television actress, Rupali Ganguly is currently making headlines after her stepdaughter, Esha Verma, made a serious allegation against her. Esha, who is Rupali’s husband, Ashwin K Verma’s daughter from his previous marriage, accused Rupali of having an extramarital affair with Ashwin while he was already married.
Rupali Ganguly is one of the most successful and highest-paid actresses in the television industry. She was at the peak of her career when she took a sabbatical from acting after she embraced motherhood. In 2013, she married Ashwin Verma, and in the same year, the couple welcomed their son, Rudransh.
After a seven-year break from acting, Rupali returned to the television screens with the show, Anupamaa. However, it was quite difficult for Rupali to leave her son and resume work. Her husband, Ashwin, convinced her to take up the project while he took a break from his work to look after their son.
In a throwback interview with the Times of India, Rupali Ganguly spoke about her husband, Ashwin Verma’s support. She revealed he became selfless so that she could start her career again. In her words:
“When I spoke to my husband (Ashwin Verma) about it, he told me that I hadn’t got my due as an artiste and said, ‘You should take it up and make us proud’. He took a break from his work so that I could get back to acting. In short, he gave me the wings to fly.”
Soon, Anupamaa became the top-rated TV show in India, with the highest TRP on each passing day. Rupali began the show by charging Rs. 1.5 lakh per episode; however, as the show's TRPs skyrocketed, Rupali, too, increased her fees to Rs. 3 lakh per episode.
Rupali Ganguly's husband, Ashwin K Verma, is a businessman 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 many ad shoots in the past.
The controversy around Rupali Ganguly and Ashwin Verma’s marriage began when a 2020 post of Ashwin’s daughter, Esha Verma, resurfaced on social media. In the long post, Esha took a dig at Rupali's marriage and revealed how she separated him from his family. An excerpt from her post can be read as:
“This is absolutely pathetic. Does anyone know the real story of Rupali Ganguly? She has had an affair with Ashwin K Verma for twelve years while he was in his second marriage. Ashwin has two daughters from his previous marriages. She is nothing but a cruel-hearted woman who has done nothing but tried to separate me and my sister, his own daughters from their father.”
In a recent interview with Free Press Journal, Esha revealed that she was just 2 years old when her dad, Ashwin’s extramarital affair with Rupali began. In the same interaction, Esha also stated that when she was 13, Ashwin left their home. Esha further mentioned that Rupali was good friends with Ashwin and would visit the family in New Jersey and would stay in her parents’ bedroom.
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Ashwin had been married twice before marrying Rupali Ganguly. Details about his first marriage remain private, and no information is available. In 1997, Ashwin married Sapna, a former Miss Karnataka. The couple lived happily in New Jersey with their daughters before Rupali entered their lives.
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