Ayushmann Khurana Hails Wife Tahira Kashyap On World Cancer Day: 'In Love With Your Heart And Spirit'

Dream Girl actor Ayushmann Khurrana and filmmaker Tahira Kashyap began dating in college. They got married in 2008 and have two children together, son Virajveer, born in 2012 and daughter, Varushka, born in 2014. Filmmaker-writer Tahira was diagnosed with “stage 0” breast cancer in 2019 and underwent a mastectomy procedure and has cured now.

On February 4, marked as World Cancer Day, Ayushmann took to Instagram to share a photo of Tahira and commended her for her bravery in beating cancer. Sharing a photo of her back from after her surgery and an old photo of the both of them, Ayushmann wrote, “The girl I pulled by having samosa and chai at hut number 14 in Panjab University. ❤️ In love with your heart and spirit @tahirakashyap ❤️ #WorldCancerDay”

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In an interview with Mid-Day, Tahira Kashyap. opening on her cancer journey, had earlier said, “I never treated my body, mind and soul as one entity. I always thought physical health was important, and mental toh kuch hota hi nahin hai. So, I exercised a lot. But I think [the cancer] was a manifestation of the negativity that I had been harbouring. Had I gone to a doctor, I would have been declared clinically depressed. But I chose to cry every night instead of visiting one. I was living a dual life. My husband was shooting; I would spend hours at night crying, and put up the front of a happy person in the morning so that I didn’t look like a loser before my children, who were aged two and four then.”

Over the years, the couple has witnessed several highs and lows through their journey and grown into two powerful individuals. While Ayushmann has built his name as a bankable actor, Tahira has emerged as a strong force to reckon with in the filmmaking and storytelling fields, with books, short films, and even an Oscar-nominated short film ‘Bittu’ to her credit.