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#MeToo movement is on rage in India, and it’s good to know that isn’t just restricted to Bollywood. Prominent figures of B-Town, politics and News media are accused for sexual harassment or misconduct. Recently, director Subhash Ghai, who is for movies like Karz, Ram Lakhan and Hero, is being accused for sexual assault by an anonymous woman on Twitter.
Writer Mahima Kukreja shared screenshots of a private conversation on Twitter and wrote that the alleged victim was a ‘credible media/lit personality’. The anonymous accuser’s profile on Twitter has blue tick of verification can be spotted above her name.
The woman shared that the incident happened when she was working with director on a film.
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Here’s what she exactly shared with Mahima Kukreja:
“He said he would be my mentor and would guide me in the film industry. I listened cos I had no Godfather in the film industry and no friends. I was new to Mumbai. But I was hungry to learn and to prove to my parents that being a director was my true calling”.
“In the beginning he would take me to music recordings and I’d have to sit there till very late at night with other male members. No one did anything in front of him. When recordings finished I took an auto home or he would drop me. He slowly started putting his hand on my thigh, giving me a big hug saying I did good that day. Then he’d call me to script sessions at his small apartment In Lokhandwala. This was where he said he’d do script sessions with other actresses. When I went there though there was no one and he was alone In his two bedroom place. This was not the house he stayed with his wife. This was he said his thinking pad. Instead of script session he started talking about how he was so misunderstood in the industry and only I was the one who loved him. He pretended to weep, and put his head on my lap. Then when he was getting up he kissed me forcefully. I was shocked and left that day”