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Mumbai, Oct 18: Filmmaker Vikas Bahl, accused of sexual assault by a former employee of Phantom Films, has filed a Rs 10 crore defamation suit against Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, his former partners in the production house. The court, during the hearing Wednesday, directed Bahl to make the woman employee a respondent to the suit and adjourned the hearing to October 19. Bahl, the

Mumbai, Oct 18: A Mumbai court on Wednesday didn't pass an interim order and allowed writer-producer, who accused actor Alok Nath of rape and violence, to use social media to comment on the ordeal and the allegations against the actor. While hearing Alok Nath's defamation suit, the court even asked the lawyers representing the actor to make necessary amendments in the suit, as there were technical

New Delhi, Oct 17: Amid allegations of sexual harassment against her father Jatin Das, actor and filmmaker Nandita Das has said that she will continue to support the ‘MeToo’ movement. At the same time, she stressed that it was important to be sure about allegations so as not to dilute the movement. In a post on facebook, Nandita Das said,’’as a strong supporter of the MeToo movement, I want to

New York, Oct 17: Nicole Kidman says she had married Tom Cruise for love and tying the knot with the actor inadvertently shielded her from being sexually harassed in Hollywood. The 51-year-old actor, who was married to Cruise for 11 years, said after their divorce in 2001, she had to start looking after herself. “Being married to Tom Cruise at 22 is something I’m always reluctant to talk about

Hubballi, Oct 17: It is a really good development that the Me Too campaign is gaining momentum day by day, said actress Ragini Dwivedi. She spoke to reporters after flagging off auto tipper vehicles deployed for door-to-door garbage collection by HDMC in the city on Tuesday. “For the first time there has been such an overwhelming response to the #me too campaign by women who were victims of sexual

Mumbai, Oct 16: Writer-lyricist Varun Grover has penned an open letter in response to an anonymous allegation of sexual harassment against him on Twitter, saying there is an "earnest need" from his side to prove his innocence as he wants closure. Grover, who has been a vocal supporter of #MeToo movement, said the allegation against him has not only affected his mental health and professional life

Newsroom, Oct 15: Taking cue from Bollywood celebrities, Kannada actress Sangeetha Bhat has broken the silence over the #MeToo movement and unmasked the ugly face of Sandalwood. In a long post in her social media accounts, the actress has mentioned several incidents of sexual harassment she has faced in the last ten years at the hands of famous actors, directors, producers and other film

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 14: A day after criticising Malayalam actor's body AMMA, senior south Indian actress Revathy Sunday came out with a clarification on a comment she had made on the the experience of a minor girl during the shooting of a film years ago. In a press note, Revathi said, the incident, which she mentioned, had happened 25 or 26 years back and not in recent years as some people

Mumbai, Oct 14: Actor Tanushree Dutta, whose sexual harassment allegation against Nana Patekar triggered the MeToo movement in India, has now demanded that the accused be subjected to a lie-detector test. Ms Dutta's advocate Nitin Satpute submitted an application at the Oshiwara police station in Mumbai on Saturday saying that actor Nana Patekar, choreographer Ganesh Acharya, producer Samee

Newsroom, Oct 13: The #MeToo movement that seems to be engulfing India has now pulled Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan into a shameful controversy with a celebrity hairstylist accusing him of sexually harassing several women in the past. Sapna Bhavnani, who runs Mad-O-Wat, a salon with an enviable client list in Mumbai, yesterday took to Twitter to accuse Bachchan of sexual harassment but