#Metoo:
Anu
Malik
accuses
by
Shweta
Pandit;
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FilmiBeat
Singer
Shweta
Pandit
accused
music
composer
Anu
Malik
of
harassment
when
she
was
a
minor.
In
a
lengthy
post
on
Twitter,
the
singer
accused
Malik
of
being
a
paedophile
and
sexual
predator,
saying
he
misbehaved
with
her
when
she
was
a
greenhorn
in
the
Hindi
music
industry.
"It
was
the
year
2000
when
I
was
launched
as
a
lead
singer
with
'Mohabbatein' and
was
trying
to
get
other
good
songs
to
follow
up
with
the
success
of
that
soundtrack
and
the
outstanding
welcome
it
gave
me
in
the
music
industry,"
she
said.
Pandit
said
she
was
an
admirer
of
the
musician
and
was
thrilled
when
she
got
a
call
from
Malik's
manager
to
come
to
Andheri's
Empire
Studio
in
mid-2001
to
meet
him.
"He
was
recording
a
group
song
with
Sunidhi
and
Shaan
for
the
film
'Awara
Pagal
Deewana',
when
my
mother
and
I
walked
in
the
monitor
room.
He
told
me
to
wait
in
the
small
cabin
inside
where
singers
sang
at
Empire
studio.
It
was
just
him
and
me
there,"
she
said.
"I
sang
it
well
so
he
said,
'I'll
give
you
this
song
with
Sunidhi
and
Shaan
but
first
give
me
a
kiss
now'.
He
then
smiled,
what
I'd
recall
the
most
evil
grin
I've
seen.
I
went
numb
and
pale
in
the
face.
I
was
only
15
years
old
then,
still
in
school,"
she
said.
"Can
anyone
even
imagine
what
it
felt
that
moment?
It
felt
like
someone
had
just
stabbed
me
in
my
stomach.
I
referred
to
this
man
as
'Anu
uncle' he
knew
my
entire
family
for
decades
and
knew
us
as
a
respected
gharana
of
musicians...,"
said
Pandit,
who
is
the
grandniece
of
veteran
Classical
singer
Pandit
Jasraj.
Calling
it
the
"worst
experience
of
my
life",
the
singer
said
she
was
depressed
for
months
after
the
incident
and
could
not
even
bring
it
up
with
her
parents.
When
contacted
for
a
response
to
Pandit's
allegatins,
Malik
told
PTI,
"No
comments.
This
is
ridiculous.
I
don't
want
to
talk
about
it.
Today
anyone
says
anything.