Back in 2018, some of Akshara Haasan's private pictures were leaked on the internet. While it came as a shock to netizens, the actor also expressed that she was 'deeply upset' with the incident. Now her former partner Tanuj Virani, has said that, he felt let down by his ex-girlfriend, actor Akshara Haasan, when she did not publicly stand up for him after her private pictures were leaked on the internet. Tanuj said that he remained on friendly terms with Akshara even after they ended their relationship of four years and even met each other’s partners. However, things got awkward after her pictures were leaked in 2018 and they stopped talking.In an interview with The Times of India, Tanuj said, “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 then went on and spoke about how a lot of things against him came out in the papers. He revealed that things went awkward between Akshara and him and they stopped talking. He said, “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.” Virwani also revealed that his mother Rati Agnihotri also picked up her phone to call Kamal Haasan and try sorting things out with him. He then revealed that he told his mom that Akshara will give a statement about him if she wants to, but she should not make any phone calls. Meanwhile, back in 2018, when Akshara Haasan’s private pictures were leaked, she had taken to her social media handle to talk about it. She mentioned she lodged a complaint with the police and cyber cell.