Taapsee Pannu: If Anurag Kashyap is found guilty, I’ll be the first person to break all ties with him

Taapsee Pannu has extended her support for filmmaker Anurag Kashyap after he was accused of sexual harassment by actress Payal Ghosh. Taapsee who worked with Anurag in the past is standing strong by him and has said that if ‘he is found guilty, she will be the ‘first person to break all ties with him’.

The ‘Thappad’ actress told Mumbai Mirror, “If he is found guilty, I’ll be the first person to break all ties with him. But if the investigation is inconclusive, how can the sanctity of the #MeToo movement be sustained? How will real victims benefit from a power that’s come to us after years of suppression? It’s wrong for women to derail the movement. Abusing power isn’t gender-specific.”

Taapsee further said, “Anurag has a lot of respect for women, never badmouths anyone even if that person hasn’t been kind to him in public. His is one of those rare sets where the number of women on the crew equals men, and they only have nice things to say about him. If someone has been harassed, let them initiate an investigation, let the truth come out.”

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Meanwhile, Payal has finally filed an FIR against Anurag in Mumbai’s Versova Police station. “Finally FIR has been lodged against Accused for the offence Rape, Wrongful Restrain, Wrongful Confinement and outraging modesty of woman U/S 376(1), 354, 341, 342 of IPC(sic)”, Payal’s lawyer Nitin Satpute tweeted.

Finally FIR has been lodged against Accused for the offence Rape, Wrongful Restrain, Wrongful Confinement and outraging modesty of woman U/S 376(1), 354, 341, 342 of IPC, @iampayalghosh @ANI @PTI_News @NCWIndia

— Adv Nitin Satputeअॅड नितीन सातपुतेએડ નિતિન સાતપુતે (@Nitin_Satpute) September 22, 2020

Payal has alleged that Anurag sexually harassed her in 2014 by ‘forcing himself’ on her.

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