Singer Chinmayi Claims That This Veteran Actor 'Encourages Men To Rape'; Details Inside
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oi-Roktim Rajpal
By Staff
Last
year,
noted
singer
and
dubbing
artiste
Chinmayi
became
the
talk
of
the
town
when
she
levelled
a
string
of
serious
allegations
against
veteran
lyricist
Vairamuthu
and
accused
him
of
harassing
her.
She
also
claimed
that
he
had
made
life
a
living
hell
for
one
of
her
close
friends.
Shortly
thereafter,
she
suffered
a
setback
when
the
Kollywood
dubbing
union
decided
to
terminate
her
membership.
Now,
Chinmayi
is
back
in
the
news
once
again.
The
lady,
fondly
referred
to
as
the
'voice
of
Samantha
Akkineni',
recently
lashed
out
at
veteran
actor
Radha
Ravi
and
said
that
he
'encourages
men
to
rape'
by
cracking
'rape
jokes'
during
public
functions.
"For
the
past
few
months,
Radha
Ravi
has
been
shaming
women,
encouraging
men
to
rape,
making
rape
jokes
at
Audio
launch
events;
asking
for
virginity
tests
for
heroines,
banned
me
and
others
from
the
Dubbing
Union
for
speaking
up.
How
come
none
questions
him
in
the
film
industry?" she
added.
These
are
some
strong
words
and
they
might
ruffle
a
few
feathers.
In
case,
you
did
not
know,
just
like
Vairamuthu,
Radha
Ravi
too
was
accused
of
sexual
harassment
during
the
'Me
Too'
movement.
A
noted
writer
claimed
that
the
Sarkar
actor
had
once
kissed
one
of
her
friends
on
the
mouth.
It
will
be
interesting
to
see
if
Radha
Ravi
responds
to
Chinmayi's
allegations.