Many women are coming forward with their horrific stories of sexual harassment by prominent people of Bollywood. A veteran TV writer, producer and director Vinita Nanda has also broken her silence up on the issue. This time, Vinta accused the actor who is known as the most ‘sanskaari’ actor/person in the film and television industry.
Alok Nath is known to be as the “sanskaari Babuji” in BollyWood films and in dramas as well. These allegation by the writer and producer added fire to #Metoo moment in Bollywood. Vinita took to her Facebook page to share the detailed account of what she had to go through 20 years back. She further said in an interview, that the makers of the show Tara decided to fire the actor in question, after getting to know that he was “after my lead girl” who was not interested in him.
The Story Revealed
She discloses that the “lead female actor was being harassed by him” and when she complained to the producers they decided to let him go. Vinta confirmed that it was him and said: “It is Alok Nath. I thought saying ‘sanskaari’ would do the needful.”In the post, Nanda said that his wife was her best friend and they had been part since that incident.
She revealed the incident as that I was invited to a party to this man’s house, his wife; my best friend was out of town. It was usual for our group of friends from theater to meet regularly. As the evening flowed, my drinks were mixed and I began to feel strange. Then at around 2 am I left his house. Nobody followed me or offered to drop me home, which was what was rather unusual.
All I knew at the time was that I had to get home. I could sense it wouldn’t be right for me to stay there any longer. So, I started to walk home on the empty streets although the distance to my own house was long. Midway I was accosted by this man who was driving his own car and he asked me to sit in it and said he would drop me home”. she said she trusted him and sat in his car, then she has a faint memory after that. I can remember more liquor being poured into my mouth and I remember being violated endlessly.
