#MeTooIndia : A List Of All The Well Known Personalities Being Accused
The #MeToo movement is a tsunami wave of revelations that doesn’t plan on slowing down
Doctors, comedians, authors, ministers, photographers, senior journalists, professors, film directors are just few of the many individuals whose names the #MeToo movement has dug up.
One could say that Tanushree Dutta really brought back the #MeToo movement in India after she revealed her ordeal with senior Bollywood actor Nana Patekar, and also when allegations on Comedian Utsav Chakraborty surfaced. Since then, the movement has gained massive momentum and women are not afraid to reveal the kind of abuse they went through and the names of the abuser anymore.
Women all over India have been sharing their terrifying experiences, but what’s scarier than the incident itself, is what kind relationship the abuser shared with the survivor. Some were trusted close friends, some were boyfriends, some were husbands and some were even fathers.
But these aren’t just words on a post, the allegations have forced big and successful companies to rethink their continuation with the individuals that have been named in the movement.
Rants and the intense displeasure by supporters of the people that have been named are all over the internet, but that definitely has not affected the pace of the movement and has in fact only encouraged more women to come forward.
New names have been erupting almost every hour but here are the names that we are most familiar with:
Sajid Khan
Actor Saloni Chopra narrates her horrifying account encounter with the director
#SajidKhan again WTF! https://t.co/clj8N16S9g
— Mallika Dua (@MallikaDua) October 11, 2018
Freelance Bollywood journalist Karishma Upadhyay adds on
Sajid Khan has preyed on women in the industry for years. Here’s my story. #MeToo pic.twitter.com/Rufzs9dsp6
— YellowGlassDragon (@karishmau) October 11, 2018
Akshay Kumar issues a statement today morning as the internet exploded after reading these accounts
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) October 12, 2018
Shubash Ghai
Screenshots from an anonymous identity outing him
TW: drugging and raping. About Shubash Ghai. Told personally by the woman who faced the trauma. She’s also a very credible media/lit personality. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/QpmGfy1s0V
— Mahima Kukreja 🌱🌈✊🏽 (@AGirlOfHerWords) October 11, 2018
TW: drugging and raping. About Shubash Ghai. Told personally by the woman who faced the trauma. She’s also a very credible media/lit personality. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/YVMRZSpQc6
— Mahima Kukreja 🌱🌈✊🏽 (@AGirlOfHerWords) October 11, 2018
Actress Kate Sharma who had filed an FIR against Ghai decided to withdraw it. She claims that the police haven’t made arrests and there have been no action taken against the accused.
Actor Kate Sharma files police complaint against filmmaker Subhash Ghai; says, ‘he called me at his house on August 6. 5-6 ppl were present there,he asked me to give him massage.I massaged him&went to wash my hands,he followed me, called me to his room to talk & tried to kiss me’ pic.twitter.com/TiJm9EADCy
— ANI (@ANI) October 13, 2018
Chintan Ruparel
I’m heartbroken reading this #ShruteeChoudhary https://t.co/FwPRhg1Xaa
— Kubbra Sait (@kubrasait) October 10, 2018
Terribly Tiny Tales isuued a detailed statement regarding Chintan Ruparel’s position in the organisation
(1/3) TTT is not a one-person organization. It never was. We are a community. A platform. We will remain faithful to you – the reader and writer that has loved the work we do. Stay with us. We will fix this.
(See thread) pic.twitter.com/ZN9EKJ8mcc
— Terribly Tiny Tales (@terriblytiny) October 10, 2018
Suhel Seth
“People were debating whether to believe the anonymous accounts. I had no trouble believing them because of my own experience. That’s when I decided to speak up and name him.”https://t.co/E26PrxNbb1
— Supriya Sharma (@sharmasupriya) October 11, 2018
Aditi Mittal
Comedian Kaneez Surka claimed Aditi Mittal forcefully kissed her on stage. The allegation against Aditi makes her the first major female celebrity who has been named in the #MeToo movement
— Kaneez Surka (@kaneezsurka) October 10, 2018
Aditi put out a statement conveying her side of the story
— Aditi (hot takes 4 koolkidz) (@awryaditi) October 10, 2018
Alok Nath
Part 1 #Babuji My ass. This is so terrifying. How must she have dealt with this alone in the bloody 90’s. Thank god for social media. @weeny @AnooBhu
@MasalaBai @RegaJha pic.twitter.com/t9z5UYyjuE
— Mallika Dua (@MallikaDua) October 8, 2018
This is what Alok Nath had to respond to the accusations against him
In case you missed – #ABP Exclusive: #AlokNath‘s FIRST reaction on #rape accusation by #VintaNanda; Here’s what #Bollywood’s ‘most sanskaari actor’ sayshttps://t.co/y9ZJ2JNT03
— ABP News (@abpnewstv) October 10, 2018
Kailash Kher
Kailash Kher
From a journalist in Muscat pic.twitter.com/6edAfH0S6T
— Sandhya Menon (@TheRestlessQuil) October 5, 2018
Chetan Bhagat
Chetan Bhagat
And it goes on. Chetan Bhagat @chetan_bhagat pic.twitter.com/xyI9tSgfMc
— 🌈 Sheena (@weeny) October 6, 2018
Chetan Bhagat wrote a long post explaining himself on Facebook
My response to the screenshots, that just came a couple of hours ago. Been as truthful about it as possible : https://t.co/1JC7kVcodl
— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) October 6, 2018
Vikas Bahl
Over a course of several months, I spoke to the woman who was sexually assaulted by Queen director Vikas Bahl. Her traumatic testimony was corroborated by several people from the industry, including Kashyap, who says he failed her. Here’s her story: https://t.co/zg3WQmA3yC
— Ankur Pathak (@aktalkies) October 6, 2018
Utsav Chakraborty
I want everyone to know @Wootsaw is a piece of shit. He sent me a dick pic, was creepy, then cried saying I’ll ruin his career if I tell others. I told two of the most influential men in comedy in India. Nothing happened. Let me tell you what else he has done with others.
— Mahima Kukreja 🌱🌈✊🏽 (@AGirlOfHerWords) October 4, 2018
Utsav’s tweeted this response to the accusations
It’s a little too late now but I am sorry. I really am. The past 24 hours were a crucible. I faced a very scary personal truth. I can’t think of myself as a victim anymore. Please tell me what to do now. How to make things right? I don’t want anyone to be hurt anymore.
— Utsav (@Wootsaw) October 5, 2018
Kanan Gill
Kanan Gill https://t.co/bR34hQnrGt pic.twitter.com/c4miXRJAld
— 🌈 Sheena (@weeny) October 7, 2018
Kanan outright rejected the incident in his tweet
I categorically deny this allegation : @MumbaiPolice please look into this.
— Kanan Gill (@KananGill) October 6, 2018
Gursimran Khamba
Gursimran Khamba from @AllIndiaBakchod. The survivor wishes to stay anonymous. #MeToo #TimesUp #BelieveHer pic.twitter.com/B9PTYJT8LE
— hk {on a hiatus} (@PedestrianPoet) October 8, 2018
The comedian’s statement after the allegations against him surfaced
View this post on InstagramMy statement on the recent allegations against me
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Varun Grover
Varun Grover. Man. Why. #metoo #believeher #timesup pic.twitter.com/ZSczpo4PMJ
— hk {on a hiatus} (@PedestrianPoet) October 9, 2018
Varun Grover issued a statement denying all allegations
Here’s my detailed statement about the completely fabricated, misleading, and defamatory allegations against me. Am absolutely willing to cooperate and clear my name. Let’s not allow such agenda-driven tactics to derail this movement please. pic.twitter.com/VTFeIjygcl
— वरुण (@varungrover) October 9, 2018
Grover also wrote about his stance on the allegations against him and provided evidence to support his case
Seeking closure.
Full text here: https://t.co/EOpiUved1v pic.twitter.com/WKGSEkBUeR
— वरुण (@varungrover) October 16, 2018
MJ Akbar
I began this piece with my MJ Akbar story. Never named him because he didn’t “do” anything. Lots of women have worse stories about this predator—maybe they’ll share. #ulti https://t.co/5jVU5WHHo7
— Priya Ramani (@priyaramani) October 8, 2018
Gautam Adhikari
.@TheRestlessQuil @ProfSonoraJha @Amannama @fayedsouza @weeny @NishSwish @AnooBhu @SoKneeOh #GautamAdhikari forcibly kissed me in the @dna office when I was a 22 yo interviewee & he was the 50+ yo EiC in 06. My BFF @abhi2point0 will corroborate. https://t.co/QJG7HbxAqK
— Tara* Kaushal (@TaraKaushal) October 9, 2018
Uday Singh Rana
Another from the 2013-14 batch: @UdaySRana molested a girl at a house party one year ago. @SoKneeOh @divya_krthk pic.twitter.com/Rwk3bsXS7o
— Poulomi (@PouloCruelo) October 8, 2018
Jairaj Singh
Jairaj Singh, Journalist. Used to make passes and sexual innuendos at a colleague. pic.twitter.com/F2SOBBJAaI
— Aparna (@FuschiaScribe) October 8, 2018
Vairamuthu
On lyricist Vairamuthu pic.twitter.com/c6DwYWOO6C
— Sandhya Menon (@TheRestlessQuil) October 8, 2018
Rajat Kapoor
are we finally #metoo-ing Bollywood bc like I gave my business card out to a director thinking I was making a professional connection and then got called 17 times the next day and then confronted irl and cursed out for not answering the married creep’s calls coughrajatkapoorcough
— katherine (@kay_fil) October 7, 2018
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.— Rajat Kapoor (@mrrajatkapoor) October 7, 2018
Navroze Dhondy
This is the full story of what happened: https://t.co/61E1Q9g9NK
— Tara* Kaushal (@TaraKaushal) October 9, 2018
Mahesh Murthy
These serious allegations against @maheshmurthy who doesn’t seem to remember said incident and neither does the management care to take any action so as to cut off from this person.
We’re watching every move organizations make and how seriously they take women safety.#MeToo pic.twitter.com/N78lxGrzt5— Dr. M (@ms_escapist) October 9, 2018
Gaurang Doshi
Gaurang Doshi, producer of the movie Stree #MeToohttps://t.co/TxzyLbrsft
— Sanyukta (@sanyuktad_) October 9, 2018
Kartik Gopalakrishnan
Kartik Gopalakrishnan https://t.co/dnbwGOdXJY
— 🌈 Sheena (@weeny) October 9, 2018
Abhijeet Bhattacharya
Abhijeet Bhattacharya- “Singer” #metoo pic.twitter.com/FL7XOKQzFQ
— Saniya Sayed (@Ssaniya25) October 9, 2018
Raj Kumar Hirani
In the recent light of the #MeToo movement, the big-ticket director Raj Kumar Hirani has been called out by a woman who worked with him on Sanju. The woman has made claims that the director has sexually abused her on more than one occasion over a six-month period between March and September 2018.
Rajkumar Hirani accused of sexual assault by woman who worked on ‘Sanju’.https://t.co/QFdJA9TDxl
— HuffPost India (@HuffPostIndia) January 13, 2019
Raj Kumar Hirani has released a statement denying the claims:
.#RajkumarHirani ‘s statement pic.twitter.com/0x0ZLt68IA
— Faridoon Shahryar (@iFaridoon) January 13, 2019