Journalism of Courage
TV actress Deepshikha Nagpal has accused her husband and TV actor Kaishav Arora of domectic violence. She is not the first woman in the big bad world of showbiz to have gone through the emotional and mental trauma of domestic violence.
Actresses like Daljeet Kaur, Rati Agnihotri, Shweta Tiwari and Zeenat Aman among others have suffered domestic violence and emerged as winners.
Let's have a look at these actresses.
Actress Deepshikha Nagpal says that she couldn’t take physical abuse from her ex-husband Kaishav Arora on Women’s Day, and went to file a case in the police station so that other wives who face similar abuse speak up. “The first time I did (complaint) and I thought he will be fine, everybody has to give one chance to this marriage, but if the man does it again, and on Women’s Day I’m being beaten up, I will not take it, if I remain mum so what will other wives do?,” said Deepshikha while she was leaving the Bangur Nagar police station in Mumbai, to file the case.
TV actress Daljeet Kaur had recently accused her husband Shaleen Bhanot of domectic violence and has sought justice. She had said, "She says, "Trouble in our marriage started the next day of our wedding, when my mother-in-law stopped talking to me because she wasn’t happy with the wedding gifts. Status-wise, we are very different and they always knew about it. My father has three daughters and couldn’t afford the kind of wedding they expected."
Recently, veteran actress Rati Agnihotri, who has completed 37 years in the film industry, decided to end her 30-year-long marriage to businessman Anil Virwani owing to domestic violence. What surprised everybody was that the 54-year-old actress had chosen to not speak about it, till few days back.
TV actress and 'Bigg Boss 4' contestant Shweta Tiwari's tryst with her marriage and love was became well known when her husband Raja Chaudhary started creating a scene on the set of her shows and forcibly managing her money. It's reported that he became insecure about Shweta's growing popularity. It's also said that she initially bore everything for the sake of their daughter Palak, but finally filed for a divorce in 2007. Shweta is now married to actor Abhinav Kohli.
Yesteryear diva Zeenat Aman had to suffer at the hands of her then boyfriend Sanjay Khan, who reportedly used to hit her. The guests at a cinema party were even eyewitness to one such incident.
Later, when she married Mazhar Khan, she went public about how her husband would physically abuse her. When their marriage was breaking apart, Mazhar was diagnosed of renal cancer and Zeenat Aman didn't leave him, but took utmost care of him.
Former beauty queen Yukta Mookhey tied the knot with New York-based businessman Prince Tuli in 2008.She filed a complaint against her husband for physical abuse and unnatural sex, four years after her marriage. She also mentioned some instances of dowry torture and assaults on their son, Ahhrein.
Rucha Gujarati, who tied the knot with her engineer-boyfriend Mitul Sanghavi in 2010, filed a case against her in-laws and accused them of attacking her and her father. She was reportedly also starved.
Rucha is still awaiting the court's decision.
Model Rhea Pillai filed a domestic violence case against ace Tennis player Leander Paes in June 2014. She also complained that Leander’s father, Vece Paes, prevented her and her daughter from entering their Carter Road residence. The couple is currently fighting for the custody of their daughter.
Rahul Mahajan, son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, married Dimpy Ganguly on on the reality TV show 'Rahul Dulhaniya Le Jayega'. Four months into the marriage, their relationship hit a sour note with Dimpy accusing Rahul of drug abuse and domestic violence.
The duo was seen together in the 'Bigg Boss' house recently.
Few years ago, Ranvir Shorey was arrested on charges of assaulting then girlfriend Pooja Bhatt. According to Pooja, Ranvir arrived at her residence drunk and created a furore.
'Balika Vadhu' actress Pratyusha Banerjee also accused her ex-boyfriend Makarand Malhotra of hitting and threatening her. The reason behind this, as the actress said, was that he suspected her of cheating on him.
Pratyusha, who was seen in 'Bigg Boss 7', is currently rumoured to be dating a Mumbai-based businessman.
