ISLAMABAD – Pakistani actress Elnaaz who make her Lollywood debut withmovie Man Jao Naa has accused Bollywood director V Paul of sexuallyharassing her.
In her piece published by Mid Day, she wrote, ““I came to Mumbai and faceda lot of sh*t,” Elnaaz wrote in her piece on Mid-Day. “I met him (VipulShah) during [the pre-production of the film] Namaste England. My managerinformed me that Parineeti Chopra was playing the main lead. And I could becast as the second lead.V pul had offered the role to Jacqueline(Fernandes), who had let it pass”.——————————
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The actress claimed that once she met him, things were off from the get-go.
“He met me, and I was surprised that in the first (quick) meeting itself,he spoke as if we were going ahead with it (the offer). ‘We just need to doa look-test, and sign papers,’ he said, making it (contract) sound like aformality. I hadn’t even auditioned for the film. It was weird becausethings like these take time.
A few days later, he made me do an audition with (casting director) HoneyTrehan, which wasn’t even for an actual scene.”
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According to the actress, things went awry when the filmmaker’sinappropriate behaviour became a norm.——————————
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“Vipul got back saying this isn’t what he wanted.” she wrote. “I met himagain in his office, and again he mentioned, ‘We will sign the papers overthe next couple of days.’ This time, when we were saying bye, he came on tome. It was too close for comfort. I didn’t get the right vibe. He gave apeck on my face.”
