After actor Payal Ghosh accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual misconduct, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has vouched for him. RGV said it has known Anurag for two decades and has never witnessed or heard of him hurting anyone.
“The @anuragkashyap72 I know is a very sensitive and emotional person and I have never seen or heard of him hurting someone in the 20 years that I have known him. So frankly, I can’t imagine what is happening now,” he said. wrote on Twitter.
Payal claimed that when he met Anurag professionally, during the making of Bombay Velvet, he misbehaved with her. She has denied the allegations and called them unfounded. His lawyer, Priyanka Khimani, issued a statement saying: “My client, Anurag Kashyap, has been deeply hurt by the false allegations of sexual misconduct that have recently been raised against him. These accusations are completely false, malicious and dishonest. “
The statement said that in this case, the Me Too movement was ‘reduced to a mere tool for character assassination’, and that Anurag intends to take legal action.
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Several Bollywood celebrities supported Anurag, including actors Taapsee Pannu, Tisca Chopra, Surveen Chawla, and Anjana Sukhani. His former wives, film editor Aarti Bajaj and actor Kalki Koechlin, also defended him.
In her note, Aarti wrote that Anurag always empowers women and creates a safe place for them. Cheapest trick I’ve seen so far. First it pissed me off, then I laughed so hard, as it can’t come more framed than this. I’m sorry you have to go through this. That is their level, “he wrote on Instagram.
Kalki, meanwhile, said Anurag has championed the integrity of women in the professional space, as well as in his personal life. “I have witnessed it, in the personal and professional space you have always seen me as your equal, you have defended my integrity even after our divorce, and you have supported me when I felt insecure in a work environment even before. got together. This strange moment where everyone is abusing each other and making false claims without repercussions is dangerous and repulsive, ”he wrote.
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