#MeToo movement: Comedy Nights with Kapil star Ali Asgar shares his molestation story

By Team MyNationFirst Published Dec 13, 2018, 1:58 PM IST
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The actor-comedian well known for his role of Dadi in the show was reportedly molested in a wedding

Mumbai: As workplaces get bigger and more global, the boundaries of an office setup become blurred especially with the advent of Internet. This also gives rise to instances of sexual harassment at workplace as was evident from the chilling stories shared by actors Tanushree Dutta, Chinmayi Sripada and Sruthi Hariharan.

Recently in an interview with Times of India, actor-comedian Ali Asgar opened-up that he too hasn't been spared. Yes you head it right, Asgar played the popular role of Dadi in the show Comedy Nights with Kapil. He shared an incident when he was molested in a wedding held in the Capital.

 

 

"Wherever I go for such shows, I don't let the anchor announce my name, I just enter as Dadi. At this event, by the time I entered, people were already drunk. Unhone uske bad jo hamla kiya hain mere upar - they were putting their hands on my chest, they were pinching my butt, I was molested.! There is a girl on my team, and she managed to save me, warma main nika pa raha tha. Mera tab yeh question tha, ki bhai aapko pata bhi hai ki ye ek aadmi hai jo aurat ka role kar raha hai? And the second question was - even if you don't know, ye toh ek buddhi aurat hain na, usko toh chhor do!" [sic] Ali told TOI in an interview.

Coming back to #MeToo movement which happened in India like a storm a few months ago have been taken a back seat and also slowed down a bit now. However, a few big names which came in the news have faced a serious bump in their , and now they all are under the scanner.

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