Payal Ghosh accuses Anurag Kashyap of sexual harassment, filmmaker calls claim 'baseless'

Actress Payal Ghosh has alleged sexual harassment charges against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, saying he "he has forced himself on me".

In a tweet, Payal tagged Prime Minister's Office and PM Modi, seeking help as she feared that her security is at risk following her confession.

"@anuragkashyap72 has forced himself on me and extremely badly. @PMOIndia @narendramod ji, kindly take action and let the country see the demon behind this creative guy. I am aware that it can harm me and my security is at risk. Pls help!" she said in a tweet.

Replying on Payal Ghosh’s tweet, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, on Sunday denied all the sexual harassment allegations against him. He tweeted "All I want to say is all allegations are baseless." Payal accused Kashyap of forcing himself on her in an interview with ABN Telugu, however he disbanded the allegations described it as an attempt to silence him with couple of tweets explaining it. In a substantial thread posted in Hindi, Anurag wrote, “Wow, it took you so long to make an attempt to silence me. Never mind… in a bid to silence me, you have dragged another woman in this, despite being a woman. Please stick to the limits, Madame. All I want to say is all allegations are baseless."

Payal Gosh also claimed that after sexually harassing her, Anurag told her that “it is okay” because other actresses he has worked with like Huma Qureshi (Gangs Of Wasseypur) and Mahi Gill (Dev D) "are just a call away." Reacting to the allegation, the filmmaker wrote in his tweet: "Whether it's my first wife or second, or a girlfriend… or all those actresses who worked with me… or all those female colleagues who have been working with me… I don't indulge in such behaviour in public or otherwise. Neither do I tolerate such behaviour. Rest, whatever happens… let's see. In the video, you can figure how true the allegations are… otherwise, just love and good wishes for you. Apologies for replying to you in Hindi for your accusations in English."

After accusations, actress Taapsee Pannu, who has worked with the filmmaker in ManMarziyaan smashed the allegations against and called him the "biggest feminist".

"For you, my friend , are the biggest feminist I know. See you on the sets soon of yet another piece of art that shows how powerful and significant women are in the world you create :)" she wrote in an Instagram post.

Anurag Kashyap’s ex-wife, Aarti Bajaj, has also come out in support of him. She took to Instagram to share a lengthy note and mentioned how the filmmaker creates safest space for women around him.

“First wife here.. You are a rockstar @anuragkashyap10. Keep empowering women as you do and the safest place you create for all of them. I see it first hand with our daughter. There is no integrity left and the world is full of losers and no brains baying for blood of anyone who has a voice. If everybody spends the energy which they use in hating others constructively this world will be a better place.”

“Cheapest stunt I have seen till now. First it made me angry then I laughed so hard as it cannot come more framed then this . I am sorry that you have to go through this .That’s the level of them. You stay HIGH and keep using your voice. We love you,” she added.