Ayushmann Khurrana and Tahira Kashyap were just 24 when they tied the knot. Ayushmann was yet to become a movie star and Tahira was in the early stages of her career so when the newly weds moved to Mumbai, it took them some time to find their rhythm, even though they had been dating for a few years. In a recent interview, Tahira shared that when she moved to Mumbai, she spent all of her savings as she was the only one buying groceries for the house, and did so for an entire year. All this while, Ayushmann didn’t realise that all the food in the house was being bought by her, and didn’t offer any money. By this time, Ayushmann had started his career as a VJ.
In a chat with Official People of India, that was presumably recorded a few months ago, Tahira shared that when she moved to Mumbai with Ayushmann after their marriage in 2008, she had her own savings as she had been working for years and was financially independent. “I had spent some money on my wedding but I had my own savings. But, I didn’t have a job in Mumbai. We had just gotten married and I was still applying for jobs,” she said and shared that Ayushmann did not realise how she was the only one buying groceries for the house with her savings.
“This boy did not understand how were we getting the food, like how were we buying all of these vegetables, fruits. My bank balance was depleting. I had never asked anyone for money, even my parents,” she shared and added, “I had always been financially independent but now everything went for a toss because it had been a year and my bank balance was zero.”
Tahira Kashyap recalled that one day, Ayushamann Khurrana asked her why she didn’t bring any mangoes and this question pushed her over the edge. “I was so angry because he didn’t notice that I wasn’t eating mangoes for two days so he could eat. He asked, ‘What’s the problem?’ And I just started crying. I asked, ‘How do you think we are buying groceries?’ He was like, ‘Oh yeah’. I said, ‘My bank balance is zero. It’s been 7-8 months and I am trying to figure out jobs and we are spending only my savings. And then he realised, ‘Why didn’t you ask me for money?’ I said, ‘Because I can’t. You are supposed to buy groceries with me.’ By then he had become a VJ so his journey had started,” she recalled.
In April, Tahira shared that her cancer had resurfaced seven years after her first diagnosis. She has been sharing her health updates on her social media handles.
