Filmmaker
Anurag
Kashyap
has
distanced
himself
from
his
Gangs
of
Wasseypur
casting
director
Mukesh
Chhabra,
who
has
been
accused
of
sexual
harassment,
saying
he
had
cut-off
ties
with
the
him
way
back.
Kashyap's
response
came
after
a
Twitter
used
tagged
him
in
a
post
saying
the
filmmaker
had
shared
with
her
that
he
is
planning
to
reveal
the
stories
of
Chhabra's
misogynistic
ways.
"So
@anuragkashyap72
told
me
recently
that
if
no
one
speaks
out
about
@CastingChhabra
and
his
misogynistic
ways
he
will.
He
also
said
he
has
cut
off
all
ties
with
Chhabra.
Im
holding
you
to
this
@anuragkashyap72
.
Waiting.
#metoo
#timesup," the
user
wrote.
In
his
reply,
Kashyap
said
he
does
not
have
any
evidence
of
misconduct
against
the
well-known
casting
director.
"I
neither
have
any
#MeToo
stories
nor
evidence
about
mukesh
Chhabra.
I
cut-off
ties
with
him
for
lot's
of
reasons
related
to
casting
and
reasons
that
I
don't
feel
the
need
to
put
out
in
public
domain,"
he
tweeted.
Kashyap
has
recently
been
under
fire
for
inaction
in
Vikas
Bahl
sexual
harassment
case.
Last
year,
a
woman
employee
at
Phantom
Films,
which
had
Bahl
as
one
of
the
partners
alongside
Kashyap,
Vikramaditya
Motwane
and
Madhu
Mantena,
had
levelled
allegations
of
molestation
against
Bahl,
who
she
said
behaved
inappropriately
during
a
trip
to
Goa.
In
a
recent
article
in
Huffpost
India,
the
woman
has
reiterated
the
allegations,
sharing
further
details
about
the
incident.
According
to
the
report,
in
October
2015,
the
woman
reached
out
to
Kashyap
and
detailed
her
experience,
but
no
action
was
taken
while
Bahl
continued
to
harass
her
until
she
finally
quit
the
company.
Kashyap
said
he
was
"ill-advised"
in
the
matter
by
his
lawyers.
Apart
from
Wasseypur
series,
Chhabra
has
done
casting
for
Kashyap's
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and
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In
a
latest
report
published
on
Mid-Day,
four
aspiring
actors
have
accused
Chhabra
and
another
casting
director
Vicky
Sidana
of
harassing
them
during
audition
process.
Chhabra
has
denied
the
'unsubstantiated
wild
anonymous
allegations' in
a
letter
posted
on
his
Twitter
handle.
"It
is
very
unfortunate
that
years
of
hard
work
and
building
is
been
muzzled
with
a
series
of
unsubstantiated
wild
anonymous
allegations.
To
put
it
into
perspective,
we
have
a
ICC
committee
put
into
the
place
for
years
and
we
could
have
appreciated
if
the
complaint
received
could
have
been
forwarded
to
the
said
committee
for
probe
and
investigation," the
letter
read.
"This
is
a
clearly
motivated
piece
and
we
deny
any
incident
as
alleged
took
place,"
it
further
read.
Chabbra
is
known
for
working
on
films
such
as
Dangal,
"Rockstar",
"Shahid"
and
"Kai
Po
Che!"
among
others.
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-
PTI