As the #MeToo movement is gaining momentum in India starting with Tanushree Dutta, a lot of known faces are getting slammed by women on social media for sexual harassment. The most recent one to join in the bandwagon is the known TV director, producer and writer Vinta Nanda, who has finally revealed an elabiorate account of not only being sexually harassed by the male lead actor of her yesteryear hit show ‘Tara’, but also being allegedly raped by him.
Though she hasn’t named the accused, the usage of ‘Sanskaari’ in the description clearly points at the actor Alok Nath, who is referred to as the ‘most sanskaari’ actor in bollywood.
Yesterday, Vinta Nanda took to her facebook handle to share an incident that happened almost 19 years ago. In her post, Vinta wrrote, “He came drunk on our sets. He continued to drink till the time he was called for the shot. When the moment came and the camera rolled, he felt up our female lead and very viciously. My lead actress slapped him. We asked him to leave the sets and told him that he was not going to be on the show any longer. ”

After this, four of Vinta’s shows were also shut down due to the changes in the management. Vinta Nanda further recalls the horrors that awaited her post that. She then wrote, “I was invited to a party to this mans house, his wife, my best friend was out of town. It was usual for our group of friends from theatre to meet regularly so there was nothing unusual about my going to the party. As the evening flowed, my drinks were mixed and I began to feel strange. Then at around 2 am I left his house. Nobody followed me or offered to drop me home, which was what was rather unusual. All I knew at the time was that I had to get home. I could sense it wouldn’t be right for me to stay there any longer.
I started to walk home on the empty streets although the distance to my own house was long. Midway I was accosted by this man who was driving his own car and he asked me to sit in it and said he would drop me home. I trusted him and sat in his car.
I have faint memory after that. I can remember more liquor being poured into my mouth and I remember being violated endlessly. When I woke up the next afternoon, I was in pain. I hadn’t just been raped, I was taken to my own house and had been brutalised.
I couldn’t get up for my bed.”

It is the raising voices against sexual harassment across the globe as part of the #MeToo movement that gave her the courage to pen down the experiences which had left her shattered and broken.
Now, the ‘sanskaari’ actor Alok Nath who is known for his roles as a stereotypical Indian father, is being mercilessly trolled by the public on twitter with some netizens even calling him a rapist.

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