A 33-year-old assistant choreographer wrote to National Commission for Women (NCW) and alleged that popular Bollywood choreographer Ganesh Acharya would force her to watch porn videos every time she visited his office in Andheri.
And so, just when we all thought that the discussion around #MeToo has fizzled out, the wave of fear has taken over Bollywood yet again.?
To jog your memory a little, Tanushree Dutta, the woman who kickstarted #MeToo in Bollywood, had accused Ganesh Acharya as well as the film director and producer of ganging up against her when Nana Patekar had allegedly harassed her.
Now, that the female dance choreographer has accused him of sexually harassing her by forcing her to watch porn videos, Tanushree says that it's time Bollywood should ban him.
"It's time Bollywood and the other Indian film industries boycott choreographer Ganesh Acharya completely. Hiding behind the male superstars who work with this despicable man, he has been abusing his power and position to harass, bully and take advantage of vulnerable young newcomers to the industry," Dutta said in a statement.
The assistant choreographer also alleged that Acharya and two women assaulted her during a function of the Indian Film and Television Choreographers Association (IFTCA) held in suburban Andheri on Sunday. A complaint has been filed in this regard with Amboli police.
Recounting her own sexual harassment experience, Tanushree said, "Nobody had any regard for me and how much I had suffered psychologically and financially because of the turmoil I went though due to these people. I left the industry because I was so scared and hurt over the atrocious treatment meted out to me on 'Horn ok Pleasss' set.
¡°This is the conspiracy against me to malign my image, there are people like Saroj Khan and her colleagues who are doing corruption in the industry. Their business has flopped as I have entered the association,¡± said Acharya.
¡°I will file a defamation case against Saroj Khan and her team who are defaming me and stooping so low to do that, they are doing this because their business has gone in vain they used to earn money sitting at home illegally and I am against it so will put all my efforts to fight against them,¡± he added.?