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Dibakar Banerjee Reacts To Payal Rohatgi Rekindling Sexual Harassment Charges Against Him!
Filmmaker Dibakar Banerjee reacts to Payal Rohatgi revisiting sexual harassment charges against him.
With the #MeToo movement in Bollywood slowly gaining momentum and more and more women opening up about their horrific stories of facing sexual harassment, actress Payal Rohatgi who had accused director Dibakar Banerjee of misconduct back in 2011, said that in the wake of the #MeToo movement in Bollywood, she hopes that YRF would take some action against him. For those who ain't aware, Dibakar is directing Arjun Kapoor-Parineeti Chopra starrer Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar.
While speaking to Mid-Day, Payal recently revisited the sexual harassment allegations against Banerjee and pointed out how despite her allegations against him, he has been making movies in the last seven years and is looking forward to the release of his next-
'He Asked Me To Lift My Skirt'
Payal had accused the director of propositioning her and asking her to "lift her shirt" for a role in his film, Shanghai. She had also shared how she stopped receiving work after she called him out.
'After I Held The Press Conference, No One Called Me For Audition Again'
While speaking to Mid-Day, Payal said, "I was working opposite actors like Irrfan and Paresh Rawal. But after I held the press conference, no one called me for an audition again. I stopped getting films. So I had to move to television. I kept myself alive with stage shows. It was a case of one brother backing another. According to Anurag [Kashyap], I was having an affair with Dibakar. But if I were hypothetically having an affair, that still doesn't make Dibakar right; he was married at that time."
'In The Wake Of #MeToo, I Hope Things Will Be Different'
She further told the daily, "Dibakar did six films after that. He doesn't look like a villain, but that doesn't take away from the fact that he used his sob story of a bad marriage to make a move. I didn't file an FIR against him because I was intimidated.
In the wake of #MeToo, I hope things will be different. I don't know if YRF [Yash Raj Films, producer of Sandeep Aur Pinky Faraar] will take a stand. YRF knows about Dibakar."
Meanwhile, Dibakar Reacts To Payal's Allegations
As per a Pinkvilla report, sources close to Dibakar said, "I had categorically cleared my stand then. I have nothing to add."
