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Chennai, Oct 10: The #MeToo movement has hit the Tamil cinema industry with a number of women including noted singer Chinmayi Sripaada Wednesday levelling allegations against veteran lyricist Vairamuthu. Sripaada, who has crooned a number of songs including for Oscar winner AR Rahman, alleged inappropriate conduct by the poet against her during a foreign tour sometime in 2005 or 2006. Vairamuthu

New Delhi, Oct 10: Actor Tanushree Dutta`s lawyer on Wednesday submitted a 40-page document to the Mumbai police and state women`s commission to support her recent complaint lodged at Oshiwara Police Station. This compilation of documents contains Dutta`s earlier complaint to police lodged in 2008 and subsequent correspondence to other film bodies including Cine And TV Artistes` Association

Mumbai, Oct 10: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is happy with India having its own #MeToo movement and the actor Tuesday said more support and strength should be given to the women who are sharing their experiences of sexual harassment. The #MeToo movement gained momentum in the country in the light of Tanushree Dutta's allegations of harassment against Nana Patekar. Many from the entertainment industry

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 9: The #MeToo campaign has left the entire nation in a state of shock with more women recounting their experiences of sexual harassment in the entertainment and media industry. Bollywood casting director Tess Joseph is the new one to join the MeToo campaign. Joseph on Tuesday accused Malayalam actor and MLA Mukesh of sexual harassment. Joseph has recollected the incident

Mumbai, Oct 9: "Super 30" star Hrithik Roshan has broken his silence on allegations of sexual harassment against the film's director Vikas Bahl, saying it is "impossible" for him to work with any person "guilty of such grave misconduct". In a guarded statement, Roshan said he has been away and has "sporadic information" about the case but has asked the producers of the film to take stock of the

Mumbai, Oct 8: Actor-director Rajat Kapoor has said he has tried to be a "good human being" all his life and apologises from the "bottom of his heart", after a woman journalist accused him of "lewd" and unprofessional behaviour. Kapoor tweeted his apology on Sunday after a woman journalist gave a detailed account of how he made her feel uncomfortable when she went to interview him in 2007, the

Mumbai, Oct 7: "Queen" actor Kangana Ranaut has alleged filmmaker Vikas Bahl made her feel uncomfortable on several occasions after a woman employee at Phantom Films reiterated her allegations of molestation against the film director. Last year, the woman employee at Phantom Films, which had Bahl as one of the partners along side Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena, had alleged

Mumbai, Oct 7: Tanushree Dutta on Saturday filed a police complaint against veteran actor Nana Patekar for allegedly sexually harassing her on the sets of a film in 2008, police said. Dutta, in a recent interview alleged that Patekar had misbehaved with her while filming a song for the 2008 film ‘Horn ‘OK’ Pleasss.’ She has filed the complaint at the Oshiwara police station against Patekar

New Delhi, Oct 7: In the wake of the Nana Patekar-Tanushree Dutta row, Bollywood diva Kangana Ranaut has lent support to a girl who accused her `Queen` director Vikas Bahl of sexual harassment. In a statement, Kangana, while backing the woman accusing Bahl, said "I totally believe her. Even though Vikas was married back in 2014 when we were filming 'Queen', he bragged about having casual sex with

Mumbai, Oct 7: The #MeToo movement is gaining humongous popularity in India, and many women are coming out and describing the horror they faced. Recently Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta came out and spoke about the incident which took place in 2008 on the sets of Horn Ok Pleasss, and she blamed Nana Patekar for harassing her while they were shooting for a dance sequence. And now its Pooja Bhatt