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Bengaluru, Oct 20: Joining the #MeToo bandwagon, sandalwood actress Sruthi Hariharan has accused one of the biggest stars of South India Arjun Sarja of sexual harassment during the shooting of a Kannada movie. Sruthi said everything was normal during the initial days, but during a rehearsal for a romantic scene, Arjun Sarja hugged her without permission, ran his hands intimately up and down her

Kochi, Oct 20: Senior actor Dileep, who was named in a Malayalam actress kidnapping case, was on Friday removed from the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, its chief Mohanlal said. Ending months of uncertainty, the actors' body at its executive committee meeting held in Kochi agreed to end Dileep's membership from AMMA as he has been facing trial in the case that took place in February 2017

Mumbai, Oct 19: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has revealed he will be paying off loans of over 850 farmers from Uttar Pradesh. The 76-year-old actor said he previously helped over 350 farmers from Maharashtra by clearing their loans. "It has been a most satisfying experience to give some to them our countrymen that sacrificed their lives for us... 44 families diversified into 112 entities were given

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