Bunty, Payal break up at party

Bunty Walia and Payal Rohatgi

Payal Rohatgi and producer Bunty Walia, (of GS Entertainment) who had been dating for the last six months have split. It happened on January 21 at Poison, Bandra, when Bunty dumped the actress and left her stranded on the road. A distraught Payal was escorted home by producer Vijay Galani.

Bunty was flirting

Says a source who was present at the incident, "Bunty and Payal have broken up. It all happened at that party. The couple had arranged to meet at Poison. They used to make separate entries at social events so nobody would know they were seeing each other.


That night Payal was waiting for Bunty who came in later with his friend Prashant (known as PT). But instead of talking to Payal, he completely ignored her and began flirting with other women present. This upset Payal and she crossed the room to talk to him about it."

No one knows the conversation that transpired but a few minutes into the conversation, Bunty stormed out of the party with Payal following him.

She burst into tears

Payal followed him out of the club, but Bunty dashed off to his car, leaving her stranded in the middle of the street. A shattered Payal burst into tears at this shoddy behaviour from her man in public. Producer Vijay Galani who witnessed this episode, stepped in and offered to escort her home."

When contacted an emotional Payal said, "I don't want to talk about it. It's over. I can't control people's way of thinking and behaviour." When we asked her about being left stranded at Poison she said, "I don't want to discuss it at all. I am too hurt to talk about it. Please let me just work and get on with my life…" she breaks off.

I wasn't seeing her

Bunty Walia had a different story to tell. "There is no question of breaking off. To break off, one has to be seeing someone in the first place. If I was seeing somebody why should I hide it? I will be proud to be seen with my girlfriend. Payal and I came separately. I came with PT while she came with Vijay Galani.

I went up to them, said a hello and then went back to my friends. I even danced with Payal for a while. Then I left the party with PT as Poison got shut and we wanted to party further. I don't know about Payal crying and breaking down. Maybe it happened before or after I left."

Was he flirting with other girls? "Yes, why not? I am an eligible bachelor and if I don't flirt and have some fun, who will? And depends what you mean by flirting. I was talking to some girls over there."

Is it true that he told Vijay Galani that he would never marry someone like Payal? "Why would I mention only Payal? I don't want to get married to anybody. I was married 10 years ago and I don't the marital experience again. I am enjoying my bachelorhood too much."

Hitlist had broken the story on their relationship on October 15, 2005. Though Payal was open and honest about the relationship, Bunty, even then had compartmentalized it under the "good friends" tag.