Chitrangada Singh: Nawazuddin Siddiqui Was A Mute Spectator When I Was Harassed On The Sets #MeToo
Chitrangada Singh opened up by saying that Nawazuddin Siddiqui didn't do anything and remained a mute spectator when she was harassed, bullied and intimidated on the sets of Babumoshai Bandookbaaz.
Chitrangada
Singh
walked
out
of
the
movie
Babumoshai
Bandookbaaz
in
2016
as
sthe
director,
Kushan
Nandy
asked
to
strip
her
saree
and
rub
her
body
against
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
wearing
just
a
petticoat
and
she
refused
to
do
such
a
scene
and
pleaded
to
the
director
that
this
was
not
in
her
comfort
zone.
The
director,
instead
of
listening
to
her
cries,
demanded
that
the
scene
has
to
be
shot
under
all
circumstance
and
she
ran
to
her
vanity
van
and
broke
down
in
tears.
She
now
reveals
that
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
didn't
take
a
stand
against
the
director
and
was
like
a
mute
spectator
on
the
sets
while
she
was
being
harassed.
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
Didn't
Take
A
Stand
"He
(director
Kushan
Nandy)
didn't
ask
me
if
I
was
okay.
He
just
asked,
‘Are
you
doing
the
scene?'.
I
said
no.
He
left.
Nawaz
could've
taken
a
stand
against
my
harassment.
He
didn't.
When
empowered
men
in
the
film
industry
do
not
take
a
stand,
the
harassers
feel
encouraged," she
said
to
Masala.com.
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
Just
Sat
There
Doing
Nothing
While
I
Was
Harassed!
"I
pleaded
that
this
was
not
in
my
comfort
zone.
I
said
I
was
wearing
only
a
petticoat
underneath
the
saree.
The
director
told
me
not
to
fuss
and
just
do
what
was
required.
I
was
intimidated
bullied
and
threatened
into
doing
it.
Some
crew
members
were
mortified.
But
Nawaz
just
sat
there
waiting
for
the
storm
to
blow
over," recalls
Chitrangada
Singh.
I
Want
To
Forget
The
Incident,
But
I
Can't!
"I'd
like
nothing
better
than
to
forget
about
it.
But
the
incident
refuses
to
go
away.
I
had
spoken
about
it
when
it
happened
two
years
ago.
But
I
was
declared
‘troublesome' and
‘moody'
and
made
to
pack
my
bags.
They
found
a
replacement
for
me
overnight
(Bidita
Bag)
who
went
around
saying
how
lucky
she
was
to
get
such
a
role."
Women
In
The
Industry
Must
Come
Together
As
One,
Says
Chitrangada
"How
can
men
take
our
voices
of
dissent
seriously
when
another
actress
walks
right
into
a
role
after
one
actress
says
she's
been
harassed
?
It
is
true
that
women
are
the
worst
enemies
of
their
own
kind.
Even
when
I
was
being
harassed
on
the
sets
of
Babumoshai
Bandookbaaz
the
film's
lady
producer
was
there,
making
things
worse
for
me."