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Actress accused of MeToo to this big director

Rupanjana Mitra

The rise of #Metoo in Bollywood is now seen reaching the Bengali film world. Rupanjana Mitra, the famous actress of Bengali cinema, has allegedly made serious allegations of sexual harassment on big Bengali film director Arindam Seal. In an interview to Anandbazar Digital, the actress has revealed how the filmmaker misbehaved with her after calling her to his Kolkata office to read the script of the popular serial ‘Bhoomikanya’.

The actress told ABP Digital, ‘He invited me to read the script of the first episode of his office’ Bhumikanya ‘. This incident happened a few days before Durga Puja. The surprising thing is that when I reached his office at five in the evening, there was no one there. I found it very scary. Suddenly he got up from his seat and started turning my head, hands on back. He and I were just in the office. I was afraid that I might not be able to avoid rape and I started praying that someone should come there.”

The actress further said, ‘After a while I could not bear it and I strongly asked her to talk about the script. He probably understood that I was not the kind of woman who would encourage him. He suddenly came into director mode and started explaining the script to me and within five minutes his wife also came to the office. Rupanjana shared that she was very broken after her arrival from office.

On the other hand, Arindam Seal called these allegations false and said, ‘This can be a political stunt. I don’t know why she is saying all this. We are old friends. The day she is talking, after leaving the office the same day, she messaged me that she is ‘very excited’. I still have that message, I can show it. If someone misbehaves with them, then why would they message that person? ‘

Vinay Kumar

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