Sreelekha Narrated her experience of harassment and has made Serious Allegations Against Filmmaker Ranjith
Sreelekha Mitra is counted among the veteran actresses of Bengali cinema. She had also decided to try her luck in the Malayalam film industry, but something happened to her in the initial days of her career which left her terrified from within.
After the release of the famous Hema Committee report, Sreelekha has also narrated her experience of harassment and has made serious allegations against filmmaker Ranjit.
Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra has accused Ranjith, a veteran film director of the Malayalam film industry and president of the government Kerala Chalachitra Academy, of sexual harassment. Sreelekha alleges that in 2009, the filmmaker had misbehaved with her during the audition of Paleri Manikyam: Oru Pathirakolapathakathinte Katha. After years the actress has broken her silence.
After the Hema Committee report which made sensational revelations related to the Malayalam film industry, Sreelekha has shared her bad experience in an interview given to a TV channel.
According to the Indian Express, the actress said, “The film producer called me to his bedroom and during the conversation he touched my bangles and pretended as if he didn’t know anything. I was a little uncomfortable with this, but the conversation continued.” Tried to keep it.”
Sreelekha further said, “Seeing that I was not responding, he started caressing my neck, which was unbearable. I apologized and walked out of the room. It was traumatic” I could not share it with anyone. I remained in the hotel in fear, thinking what would happen if people came knocking on my door?
Ranjit rejected the allegation :
After Sreelekha‘s statement, Ranjith has given a statement rejecting her allegations outright. He says that he met Sreelekha in a flat in the presence of screenwriter Shankar Ramakrishnan and two assistants. He further added, “Shankar narrated the story and she was very excited. I was a little confused about which character should be given to her. Later it was decided not to cast her and Shankar was asked to inform her about it.” Asked for.”
