Tanuj Virwani has finally opened up about ex-girlfriend Akshara Haasan's leaked private pictures. For the unversed, Akshara Haasan was a victim of cyber-crime in 2008 when her private pictures were leaked on the internet. A lot of people suspected her ex-boyfriend Tanuj Virwani of doing this evil act. Now, Tanuj Virwani revealed that he is upset as Akshara did not defend him. He also said that it was not their breakup but the 2008 incident of leaked pictures that broke both the Haasans and the Virwanis. In an interview with the Times Of India, he said, "Normally, I don't like to talk much about the women I am dating especially if they happen to be from my fraternity. This is because I want to be known for my work and not for the women I'm dating. Okay, so Akshara and I were dating for four years, which is a pretty long time. We broke up but very amicably. I think we were even going to do a film together (but it didn't happen). We were very much in touch and we even used to meet. We had remained very good friends. She had come out and met the girl I was dating after her, I had met the guy who became her boyfriend after me." Also Read - Tanuj Virwani chooses Gully Boy actor Siddhant Chaturvedi as his lockdown partner - here's why [Exclusive]
"When this nonsense about her leaked pictures happened, it was Akshara who first called me and told me about it. Those pictures were from 2013. She wanted to know if I had any knowledge about this. We kept talking after that trying to reach the bottom of this and find out who had done it. We spoke if she had ever given her phone for repair. I was very upset for her sake more than for myself. No girl should go through this. No family should go through this. It's the worst thing that can happen. I had asked her 'Akshu, do you think I've done this?' She had said, 'No, I don't think you have done it'. I had told her, 'That's all I wanted to hear, "Tanuj Virwani added. He also said that they stopped talking as I was disappointed. He shared, "A lot of things started coming out in papers, things got awkward between us and we stopped talking. She may have had her reasons for that. But I was disappointed with her. She did not stand up for me publicly. She didn't say 'I did it' but she didn't say 'I didn't do it' either. That one statement from her would have made it all go away for me. Work had kicked on full-swing and I was very worried whether consequently my work would suffer; it was a very stressful time for me. We are living in very sensitive times and luckily it got panned out; I guess truth must have found its way." Also Read - Rithvik Dhanjani, Tanuj Virwani, Jitendra Joshi open up about their animated comic series and what prompted the COVID-19 initiative [Exclusive]
Tanuj Virwani also said that his mother Rati Agnihotri wanted to speak to Kamal Haasan and sort things. He said, "Well, she almost did. She was very upset. Mummy wanted to reach out to the Haasan family but I told her that Akshara will give a statement if she wants to, but we are not making any phone calls. Mummy was in Poland when it happened. My parents had a very good equation with Akshara. It is sad that Akshara had to go through this but I must say that many sections of the media were quite unfair to me; they believed he's guilty until proven innocent whereas it should be he's innocent until proven guilty." Also Read - Tanuj Virwani FINALLY lets the cat out of the bag on Inside Edge season 3; reveals the release date [Exclusive]
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