Avika Gor on dating rumours with Manish Raisinghan: ‘He once asked me to keep distance but…’

“But Manish, being the elder one, thought of being responsible. He told me to keep a distance. For two days, intentionally, we didn’t hang out together at all apart from doing scenes. But people were still talking about us. So we thought if they would still talk, then why should we stop having fun together,” Avika said.

The actor added that Manish has always been there as a friend and his family also loves her. She added that he also got married on her birthday, which was like a gift to her. As readers would know, Manish Raisinghani is married to actor Sangeita Chauhan.

In a tell-all interview with Bollywood Times in 2017, the actors had spoken about how they were shocked to learn that they are being linked up together. Manish said, “The gossip affected me in the beginning and I was stupid enough to maintain a distance from Avika. I became conscious and irritable during that phase. The rumour made me sick. But later, I realised that if my intentions are clear, why should I treat her any differently? I have never dated her; she is almost half my age. We are compatible, but I have never seen her that way. Anyway, such loose talks don’t affect me anymore and we meet for work now.”

Avika on her side then mentioned how she got suggestions from people to tie rakhi to Manish but the actor didn’t pay heed to any of these and continued being friends with her co-actor. Apart from being buddies, Manish and Avika also co-directed a number of short films, which were screened at the Cannes Film Festival.

Avika, who is looking forward to her Bollywood debut with 1920: Horrors of the Heart. She is also dating Roadies fame Milind Chandwani.