Mumbai: After slapping a Rs 50 crore defamation notice on step-daughter Esha Varma, the ‘Anupamaa’ actress Rupali Ganguly finally broke her silence on how the allegations affected her.
Talking about the controversy, Rupali in an interview with Instant Bollywood said, “If I tell you that these things don’t affect me, then I’d be lying. Of course, such things affect us. We are humans, after all. It hurts when someone passes even a tiny comment behind our back.”
“The ones who love me will continue doing so. Achhe karam karte jao, achhi cheeze aap ke saath aaj nahi toh kal zaroor hongi (Keep doing good deeds and good things will happen to you today or in future) … Everyone goes through rough phases, bad things do happen, but eventually, the truth always wins,” she added.
In a 2020 post, Esha had alleged that Rupali Ganguly had an extra-marital affair with her father Ashwin Kumar Varma and was responsible for her parents’ separation.
In an interview with Bollywood Bubble, Esha said, “I don’t know what Rupali and Ashwin will now say further to these allegations and comments. I know my father has said something on Twitter now X. He said that Rupali was not involved, and that is the biggest lie because Rupali was the one who came to my house in New Jersey and slept on my mother’s bed—the bed that my father and mother shared. She has done so much, physically, mentally, verbally, and emotionally, abusing me and my mom. I feel like that was a lot of trauma I had to deal with and suffer with and my mom did too. We suffered a lot, and we don’t have that exposure as she does.”
Following this, Rupali sent a ₹50 crore defamation notice to Esha stating that her actions have “damaged her (Rupali’s) reputation, violated her dignity, and adversely impacted her career, resulting in substantial financial losses.”
Esha then deleted all the posts on social media handles related to Rupali and made her Instagram account private.
