Director Ranjith booked for sexually assaulting man: A case of sexual harassment has been registered against famous Malayalam cinema director Ranjith Balakrishnan, which has once again created a stir in the film industry. Recently a 31-year-old actor filed a police complaint against Ranjith in Bengaluru, alleging that the director sexually assaulted him at a five-star hotel. What is the whole matter, let us tell you.
The director called me to the hotel and made me remove my clothes.
The male actor told that he met Ranjith for the first time in Kozhikode, when the director was shooting for the film 'Bavutiyude Namathil'. She also said that Ranjith called her to a hotel near the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru in December 2012, saying that there was an audition there. But there Ranjeet forced her to take off her clothes. At first the actor thought it was just a part of the audition.
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Bengali actress also complained
There has been a sensation after this case against the director who won the National Film Award three times. Even before this, Ranjit has been accused of sexual harassment by a Bengali actress. The actress sent her complaint to the Kochi Police Commissioner through email, in which she alleged that Ranjith had called her in 2009 on the pretext of audition for the film 'Paleri Manikyam' and touched her indecently.
What did Ranjit say on the allegations?
Ranjeet has rejected these allegations and said that he had only called the actress for the audition, but later sent her back as she was not well. But following these allegations Ranjith had to resign from the post of President of Kerala State Chalachitra Academy when Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his government came under pressure from the opposition parties.
After this incident, the wave of #MeToo movement in the Malayalam film industry has become more intense, due to which the need to raise voice against sexual harassment in this section of the society is becoming more felt. Now it has to be seen what new twist emerges in this matter.
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