Published 10:46 IST, May 30th 2020

Apurva Asrani buys house with partner, says 'It is time LGBTQ families are normalised'

Apurva Asrani and his partner Siddhant bought their first home after pretending to be cousins for 13 years. Celebrities were awe-struck and congratulated them.

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Apurva Asrani has now bought his first home with partner Siddhant after ‘pretending to be cousins’ for 13 years to be able to rent a house toger. National Award winning film editor took to social media to share news.

Taking to Twitter, Apurva recalled being told to 'keep curtains drawn’ so that neighbors don't find out y were a couple. However, that is no longer a concern for m as y now voluntarily tell ir neighbors that y're partners. Posting a selfie and name plate of ir house, artist who is known for work in films like Shahid and Aligarh, felt it was time that LGBTQ families are ‘normalised’ too.  

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post won praises from many celebrities. Sophie Choudry, Nikkhil vani, Amit Sh, Sayani Gupta, Ashish Chowdhry, Onir and Rahul Dev were among those who showered love on couple. Congratulating m and terming it ‘beautiful’ and ‘amazing’, celebrities wished Apurva and Siddhant best for ir new journey.

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Apurva Asrani recently h lashed out at portrayal of LGBTQ community in films and termed it as ‘homophobic’ on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia.

On professional front, he h last worked on series Me in Heaven. Siddhant is also involved in creative field and is a music curator and writer.

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10:46 IST, May 30th 2020