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Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah producer Asit Kumarr Modi, on Thursday, responded to the allegations of a TV actress, who accused him, the show’s production head Sohil Ramani and his assistant Jatin Bajaj of sexual and mental harassment. The comedy show’s creator has claimed he will take legal action against her for defaming him and his show. Calling her allegations baseless, he said in a statement, “We will take legal action as she is trying to defame me and the show both. Since we terminated her services, she is making these baseless allegations.”
Ramani and Bajaj also added, “She regularly misbehaved on the show with the entire team. While moving out from the shoot, she rashly drove her car at a very high speed, not caring for people in her way. She even damaged the set property. We had to terminate her contract because of her bad behaviour and indiscipline during the shoot. During this incident, Asit ji was in the USA. She is now trying to defame us and the show by making baseless allegations. We have already filed our complaint against these baseless allegations with the concerned authorities.”
The direction team — Harshad Joshi, Rushi Dave and Arman — also added, “She lacked basic discipline on the set and was not focusing on her work. We regularly had to complain to the production head about her behaviour. On her last day, she was abusive in front of the whole unit and left the set without finishing her shoot.”
The actor, while speaking to indianexpress.com, alleged that Ramani and his assistant insulted her and asked her to leave the set on March 7. Later, the makers sent a notice to her saying they were losing money because of her absence on the set. This is when she decided to approach her lawyer and sent them a legal notice. She also alleged that the producer of the show passed sexually suggestive comments on many ocassions.
The actor added that she did not speak about it earlier as she feared the consequences. “He (Modi) would compliment me in a sexual manner, and ask me to come to his room. I tried not to pay much heed to it and would shrug off his comments. I know he is very powerful but I am ready to fight now. I am already getting calls to take back my case. My colleagues are telling me to apologise but I will not stop now. I don’t want other women to go through this. It’s important to speak out.”
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