Mumbai: Siddiqui accused of sexual harassment Malayalam film actress Revathi Sampath has accused Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) general secretary and veteran Malayalam actor Siddiqui of sexual harassment. Revathi Sampath alleged that the actor had sexually exploited her. Actress Revathi Sampath claimed that the incident happened when she was 21 years old and studying in class 12. After which there is panic all around.
Siddiqui accused of sexual harassment Malayalam actress Revathi Sampath has accused Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) general secretary and veteran Malayalam actor Siddiqui of sexual harassment. Actress Revati Sampath said that this incident happened when she was studying in class 12 and was 21 years old. Siddiqui had contacted him through Facebook. Back then he used to address me as ‘Mol’, which is the word used in Kerala to refer to a girl or a daughter. I used to send him messages from a fake account. I knew that Sampath was interested in acting.
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Revati Sampat said everything looked professional to her.
Actress Revathi Sampath said that Siddiqui called her to show a trailer. At that time she called him uncle. Sampath went to watch the preview with her parents, then stayed there to discuss the film and sent her parents back home. She said that at first everything seemed professional. But after a while he started talking obscenely to me.
By the time I realized that it was some kind of trap, the door was already closed. I was extremely scared and helpless. He physically assaulted me without consent. I had been rendered unconscious. During that time he also went to a press conference. I tried to run away, even made phone calls, but my efforts were futile. Then, after some time, he came back and sexually assaulted me. He threatened me and said that if I told anyone about this, he would kill me.
I became mentally distressed
Siddiqui accused of sexual harassment Siddiqui said that no one will believe in me and I will never be able to become an actress. He will cast me in many films but every chance I will have to sleep with him. He said that everyone comes to the industry this way. Meanwhile, whenever I got a chance, I would somehow escape from there. After this incident I felt very mentally distressed. I started feeling that I have lost my self-respect and started blaming myself.
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We report that during this, the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) on Friday reacted to the Hema Justice Committee report on working conditions and sexual exploitation in the Malayalam film industry. AMMA welcomed the report but denied the existence of the groups and rejected the casting allegations.
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