Veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai is the latest personality from the Hindi film industry to being accused of sexually harassing a woman. A Twitter user named Mahima Kukreja shared screenshots of her chat with a woman who has stated that Ghai allegedly spiked her drink, took her to a hotel in Lonavla and raped her. The woman wishes to remain anonymous.
“He said he would be my mentor and would guide me in the film industry. I listened cos [because] I had no Godfather in the film industry and no friends. I was new to Mumbai. But I was hungry to learn and to prove to my parents that being a director was my true calling,” the woman wrote.
She further said that Ghai used to take her to music recordings where she had to sit till late. He would either drop her or she would take an auto rickshaw back home. “He slowly started putting his hand on my thigh, giving me a big hug saying I did good that day. Then he’d call me to script sessions at his small apartment In Lokhandwala. This was where he said he’d do script sessions with other actresses. When I went there though there was no one and he was alone In his two bedroom place,” she said, adding, “This was not the house he stayed with his wife. This was he said his thinking pad. Instead of script session he started talking about how he was so misunderstood in the industry and only I was the one who loved him. He pretended to weep, and put his head on my lap. Then when he was getting up he kissed me forcefully. I was shocked and left that day.”