Sujal Sharma
From Bollywood to Hollywood, the issue which is being discussed the most these days is the issue of sexual harassment of women. This issue of sexual harassment caught the maximum attention when many big Hollywood actresses made serious allegations of sexual harassment against director Harvey Weinstein.
Many times such cases have also come to light in Bollywood when an actress has made serious allegations like sexual harassment and rape against a famous actor or director.
Lets see which celebrities had faced these allegations in the past.
Jackie Shroff
Jackie Shroff is counted among those Bollywood stars who stay far away from controversies. But you will be surprised to know that Jackie Shroff has also been accused of sexual harassment.
In fact, in the 80s, Tabu’s sister and Bollywood actress Farah Naz created a ruckus by saying that Jackie Shroff physically abused her. Jackie had to face a lot of trouble in this case of sexual harassment.
Sajid Khan
The Housefull Director has been accused during #metoo movement.In this way many people registered their objection to Sajid Khan’s entry in Bigg Boss 16. Let us tell you that not one or two but 9 women had made serious allegations of sexual abuse on Sajid Khan. These include the names of many Bollywood celebrities from Jia Khan, Mandana Karimi to Sherlyn Chopra. However, Jia Khan had made many serious allegations against Sajid Khan before the Meetu campaign. At present, Jia Khan is no longer in this world. Jia had committed suicide in the year 2013
Vivek Agnihotri
Vivek Agnihotri has been accused by Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta, who said that the filmmaker asked her to strip and dance during the shooting of a song. But the director of The Kashmir Files denied all the allegations.
Nana Patekar
Tanushree Dutta opened up about her #MeToo story in an interview with Zoom TV and accused Bollywood actor Nata Patekar of sexual misconduct on the sets of their 2008 film Horn Ok Please. He said, “Everyone knows about Nana Patekar that he has always been disrespectful towards women. Industry people know about this and they have beaten actresses, molested them, their behaviour with women has always been crude but no publication has published anything about it. The actor had then replied in another interview, “What can I say why is she saying this? How do I know why she is saying this? What does he mean by sexual harassment? I had 50-100 people on the sets with me. I will take legal action against him.” A complaint was filed against Nana in October 2018 and the investigation was closed on June 13, 2019, calling the case “maliciously false”.
Shiney Ahuja
Shiney Ahuja’s case was one of the biggest in terms of whispers and conversations with media coverage. Shiney was arrested in 2009 after his maid accused him of rape. After this case, his career took a huge leap and Ahuja gave hit films like ‘Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi’, ‘Gangster’, ‘Life in a Metro’ and ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa’. ‘ Till then. The charges against the actor were later dropped.
Ankit Tiwari
In May 2014, Ankit Tiwari was arrested on a rape charge filed by a woman. She said that he promised marriage and raped her several times. Later the victim said, ‘Pressure was made on me to withdraw the case. This was done by Ankit’s lawyers. I feel terrible now. Even the policemen did not support me.” He further said, ‘When Ankit was nothing, I supported him. I was a VP of an international company at that time and used to earn anything. She pleaded with me and for the sake of her career I let her go. However, now all limits have been crossed and I will pursue the matter further.
Madhur Bhandarkar
Madhur Bhandarkar had made eye-opening films like Fashion, but he got the upper hand when he was accused of sexual misconduct. The filmmaker was accused of rape by a model, who said she had been promised to cast him in a film by the director, but was later accused of hiring a contract killer to murder Bhandarkar. was arrested.
Alok Nath
Alok Nath had quite a virtuous image in the industry, but it all came crashing down when his Tara co-star Navneet Nishan accused him of sexually assaulting her nearly two decades ago and he was shot by an unnamed driver along with actor Sandhya Mridul. Team member support.
Vikas Bahl
The Queen director was accused of sexually assaulting a female employee who was from his company Phantom Films. After the case came to light, Queen actress Kangana Ranaut also came forward and voiced out saying that Bahl made her uncomfortable on multiple occasions.
Mohan Kapoor
Bollywood actor Mohan Kapoor has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl. The victim was a big fan of the actor. The minor alleges that Mohan Kapoor has been harassing her for the past several years. And his partner knew about his act. The victim has put every information related to the alleged sexual abuse done by the actor in front of the world through Twitter. The victim has tweeted how she had her first meeting with Mohan Kapoor and why he has stopped talking to her after the year 2020. The girl who accused the actor has also tagged Mohan Kapoor in each of her tweets.
These were the celebrities accused of sexual harassment. What is your take on this? Let us know in comments.
-by Sujal Sharma