Apurva Asrani buys a house with long-time partner Siddhant, fans cannot keep calm

National award-winning film editor Apurva Asrani took to Twitter on Friday to announced that he has bought a house with his partner of thirteen years Siddhant. While mentioning that their journey has not been smooth, Apurva spoke about how the couple had to pretend to be cousins to be able to rent a house together. However, he stated that he has now bought a place with his partner Siddhant.

Apurva Asrani stated that earlier when the couple wanted to rent a house together they had to tell everyone that they're cousins. He also revealed that they were asked to draw the curtains so that no one realises ‘what’ they are. In the social media post, Apurva Asrani wrote, ‘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.’ [sic]

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Apurva Asrani on Twitter

To commemorate the occasion, Apurva Asrani shared a selfie with his partner along with a picture of the nameplate on their door. While posting the pictures he mentioned that it is time to normalise LGBTQ families. Fans on social media could not help but gush at the picture shared by the ace filmmaker on social media.

Netizens agreed with Apurva Asrani that the time has come to embrace LGBTQ families. They also shared their displeasure over how Apurva Asrani and his partner were treated earlier. Some wrote that they hope the couple would not have to go through anything like that ever again. People on social media shared their best wishes and congratulated the couple as well.

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Check out the fans' reactions

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Apart from fans, Bollywood celebrities have also commented on the post. Actors like Rahul Dev, Sophie Choudry, Sandeep Misra, and Ashish Chowdhry amongst others also commented on the picture. The actors have extended their warm wishes to the happy couple. 

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