"He kept screaming shouting threatening abusing trying to grab me", said Sandhya Mridul.
#MeToo
: Actor Sandhya
Mridul has opened up about her alleged sexual harassment at the
hands of Alok Nath during the shooting of a telefilm, days after
writer-producer Vinta Nanda accused him of rape.
The
actor, best known for her work in 1990-2000's TV shows such as
"Banegi Apni Baat", "Swabhimaan" and "Koshish",
shared details of her harrowing story in a lengthy Twitter note,
saying the incident took place in the beginning of her career and
shattered her confidence in the profession.
Mridul
said despite being the victim of Nath's overtures, it was she who
suffered because he spread lies about her being a difficult person to
work with.
Nath
essayed the role of her on-screen father, while late Reema Lagoo
played her mother in the telefilm which was being shot in Kodaikanal.
The
actor said one day when the shoot wrapped early the cast went out for
dinner and it was then that the senior actor got "progressively
drunk" and things went downhill from there.
"...
He started insisting I sit with him and that I belonged to him and
other stuff that I don't clearly remember but it made me very nervous
and uncomfortable. My co-star realised what was happening and got me
out of there.
"We
went back to the hotel without dinner. It was late and I was back in
my room and the costume dada came to my room to give me my clothes
for the next day as I had a very early call time."
A
few minutes later, an inebriated Alok
Nath knocked on her door.
"I
instinctively tried to shut the door but he pushed it and lunged at
me, I stepped aside he went flying past me into the room... I fell
back toward the bathroom door he lunged at me again screaming I want
you you're mine...
"I
dodged again he went into the bathroom and I think I latched the loo
door and ran out of my room down the corridor into the lobby."
She
said she found the DoP (director of photography) at the reception who
accompanied her back to her room to find a "belligerent"
Nath who refused to leave.
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