Actress Payal Rohatgi slammed Rupali Ganguly for sending a Rs 50 crore defamation notice to her stepdaughter Esha Verma after the latter accused the Anupamaa fame of threatening her and breaking her parents' marriage. Payal criticised Rupali for demanding such a hefty sum from Esha and also questioned why did the actress date Ashwin Verma in the first place when he was already married to Esha's mother.

Payal took to her Instagram handle to pen a note questioning Rupali. "Whatever your truth Rupali but u did marry a guy who was married when u met him. It's called karma when u do what u do to the earlier wife. The daughter of the earlier wife will have her narrative (sic)," she wrote.

She went on to say, "Rest figure it out in courts with your proof. But why did u ask for so much money as defamation? Are u broke? Do u all even understand what is 50 crores working in serials? (sic)"

Rupali has been all over the news of late ever since and old post of Esha claiming the actress tortured and threatened her went viral online. Later, she claimed that the actress began dating her father, Ashwin Verma, when he was already married to his second wife, Sapna. Not just that, but she also accused Rupali of stealing her mother's jewellery.

All hell broke lose when Esha claimed in an interview that Rupali's son, Rudransh, was "illegitimate" and that he was conceived before the actress got married to Ashwin.

After maintaining her silence for quite some time, Rupali, on November 11, shot a Rs 50 core defamation notice to Esha, stating that her actions have "damaged her (Rupali's) reputation, violated her dignity, and adversely impacted her career, resulting in substantial financial losses."

Post the defamation notice, Esha deleted all posts on her social media handles related to Rupali. Not just that, but she also made her Instagram account private and turned off the comments section.