Ravi Kishan first appeared in the 1992 Hindi release Pitambar, and has since become a well-known name in Bollywood. The actor said he was faced with casting couch early in his career.
The complainant told the Mumbai Police that the accused threatened to circulate a woman s private pictures on social media if she refused his sexual demands. He falsely claimed on social media that he runs a production house in Mumbai
Illustration by Saahil Giridhar Jha October 11, 2019 00:00 IST #MeToo, A Year On: Hashtag Shushed To A Hushtag For Delete outlookindia.com 2019-10-12T11:56:28+05:30
Barely a year after the #MeToo movement struck Bollywood like a tornado and shook its patriarchal foundations, India’s tinsel town appears to be have pushed the dirt under the carpet. Alleged sexual predators named, shamed and ostracised during the campaign inspired by a similar movement in Hollywood are slowly being rehabilitated even as fresh charges have surfaced against powerful men, accused of soliciting sex in exchange for work from young actresses. The industry, which took a high moral ground by banishing the