'Aligarh' Writer Apurva Asrani Buys House With His Gay Partner, Says 'For 13 Years We Pretended To Be Cousins'

Apurva Asrani urged the people to normalise same-sex relationships and also revealed that he and his partners pretended to be cousins in order to rent a home together.

New Delhi: Screenwriter Apurva Asrani took to social media to reveal that he and his partner Siddhant Pillai pretended to be cousins for 13 years so that they rent a house in Mumbai together. The gay couple has now finally bought their own house in the ‘City of Dreams’. The ‘Aligarh’ writer shared a nameplate of their new apartment in Mumbai and requested the people to normalise same-sex relationships.

"For 13 years we pretended to be cousins so we could rent a home together. We were told 'keep curtains drawn so neighbors don't know 'what' you are'. We recently bought our own home. Now we voluntarily tell neighbors we are partners. It's time LGBTQ families are normalised too," Apurva wrote on the micro-blogging site.

Asrani can be seen posing with his partner in one of the pictures. Check out his post!

Bollywood celebs and fans have flooded his post with their love-filled messages. Kunal Kapoor wrote,"Super! Wishing you guys a very happy life together."

Filmmaker Nikkhil Advani tweeted, "Congrats guys!!! So happy you look  @Apurvasrani."

"Amazing .... congratulations and best wishes for a beautiful life together in your beautiful new home," director Onir wrote.

Apurva's partner Siddhant tweeted, "Truly overwhelmed by and grateful for all this love coming our way.  @Apurvasrani and I have only ever followed our hearts and taken things head-on without giving much thought to naysayers."

Apurva Asrani won the National Film Award for Best Editing for ‘Snip!’ in 2001. The comedy movie was directed by Sunhil Sippy.

He has written the story, screenplay and penned the dialogues of the critically acclaimed film ‘Aligarh’. The film starred Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao in lead roles. The Hansal Mehta directorial was based on a real incident.

Apurva also wrote the screenplay and dialogues of Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Simran’. He has edited four episodes of Amazon Prime’s ‘Made In Heaven’.