“Baseless,” Tweets Anurag Kashyap After Actress Payal Ghosh Accuses Him Of Sexual Harassment

New Delhi:

Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, on Sunday, denied all sexual assault allegations levelled towards him by actress Payal Ghosh and tweeted: “All I need to say is all allegations are baseless.” Payal Ghosh, who has labored in movies like Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi and Prayanam, has not too long ago accused the 48-year-old filmmaker of forcing himself on her in an interview with ABN Telugu. Nevertheless, Anurag Kashyap dismissed the allegations in a sequence of tweets and described them as “an try and silence” him. In an extended thread posted in Hindi, Anurag Kashyap wrote, “Wow, it took you so lengthy to make an try and silence me. By no means thoughts… in a bid to silence me, you’ve gotten dragged one other girl on this, regardless of being a lady. Please keep on with the bounds, Madame. All I need to say is all allegations are baseless.”

Payal Ghosh, within the aforementioned interview, additionally claimed that after sexually harassing her, Anurag Kashyap had advised her that “it’s okay” as a result of different actresses he has labored with like Huma Qureshi (Gangs Of Wasseypur) and Mahi Gill (Dev D) “are only a name away.” Reacting to the allegation, the filmmaker wrote in his tweet: “Whether or not it is my first spouse or second, or a girlfriend… or all these actresses who labored with me… or all these feminine colleagues who’ve been working with me… I do not bask in such behaviour in public or in any other case. Neither do I tolerate such behaviour. Relaxation, no matter occurs… let’s examine. Within the video, you’ll be able to determine how true the allegations are… in any other case, simply love and good needs for you. Apologies for replying to you in Hindi to your accusations in English.”

In his newest tweet, Anurag Kashyap additionally wrote that he has acquired a variety of cellphone calls, asking him not to reply to the allegations.

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) September 19, 2020

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) September 19, 2020

— Anurag Kashyap (@anuragkashyap72) September 19, 2020

Payal Ghosh, who made her Bollywood debut with the 2017 movie Patel Ki Punjabi Shaadi, co-starring Rishi Kapoor and Paresh Rawal, additionally made an attraction to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to assist her. She tweeted on Saturday: “Anurag Kashyap has compelled himself on me and very badly. Narendra Modi ji, kindly take motion and let the nation see the demon behind this artistic man. I’m conscious that it may hurt me and my safety is in danger. Pls assist!”

@anuragkashyap72 has compelled himself on me and very badly. @PMOIndia@narendramodi ji, kindly take motion and let the nation see the demon behind this artistic man. I’m conscious that it may hurt me and my safety is in danger. Pls assist! https://t.co/1q6BYsZpyx

— Payal Ghosh (@iampayalghosh) September 19, 2020

Reacting to Payal Ghosh’s tweet, Nationwide Fee for Girls (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma requested the actress to ship an in depth grievance to them on the difficulty and warranted her that the fee will look into the matter.

Anurag Kashyap is understood for steering and producing many critically acclaimed movies like Gangs of Wasseypur, Queen, Choked, Gulaal, Satya and Masaan. Earlier, in 2018, when director Vikas Bahl’s name was implicated in India’s #MeToo movement, Anurag Kashyap, who co-founded manufacturing home Phantom Movies with Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena, dissolved the manufacturing home. After the #MeToo allegations towards Vikas Bahl, Mr Kashyap and Mr Motwane had issued separate statements, during which that they had acknowledged that they believe Mr Bahl is guilty of the allegations levelled against him.

A number of names from the movie business have been implicated in India’s #MeToo movement like Nana Patekar, Alok Nath, Subhash Ghai, Sajid Khan, Anu Malik and others.