Tanushree Dutta’s accusation of sexual harassment on Nana Patekar has started a new wave of #Metoo in India. Many others like comedian Kanan Gill and Utsav Chakraborty, Chetan Bhagat, Kailash Kher have been accused. Now, another name which is added to this list is of filmmaker Rajat Kapoor. You may be shocked as he is a fine gentleman.
A journalist has shared her experience on Twitter. The journalist also says that she went through a lot of trauma and she never spoke about it because she was scared. On yet another instance, Rajat Kapoor has been accused of sexual misconduct by another woman who is said to have worked with him in an advertisement. The woman said that Rajat kept calling her about the commercial and wanted an empty house to shoot only with her.
However, within no time, the filmmaker issued an apology on social media. He wrote, “All my life I have tried to be a decent man, to do the right thing. If however, I have slipped and through my actions or words caused pain or hurt or trauma to absolutely anybody, please accept my apology.” In the same thread, he added, “I am sorry from the bottom of my heart- and sad that I was the cause of this hurt to another human being. If there is one thing more important to me than even my work, it is to be a good human being. And I have tried to be that person. And now, I will try harder.”
With such people being accused, it is shocking for all of us and is being difficult to take it in.
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