A woman has accused actor Sharad Kapoor of molestation. According to news agency IANS, the woman has filed a case in Khar police station. It said that she had befriended the actor on Facebook. Both talked on video call. Sharad promised to get her work. He called her to the office on the pretext of talking about shooting. Sharad sent her the location to come to his office in Khar. But when she reached there, it was found that it was not the office, but Sharad’s house. He tried to force himself on her there. At present, Sharad Kapoor has not given any statement on this matter. The victim said – the actor tried to touch her indecently
The victim told the police – When she reached the third floor of Sharad Kapoor’s house, a person opened the door and Sharad called from inside and asked her to come to his bedroom. After this he tried to touch her body. When she ran away from there, in the evening Sharad sent abusive messages to the woman on WhatsApp. The victim first told a friend about the incident, then filed a case under sections 74 (assault or use of force on a woman), 75 (sexual harassment), and 79 (insulting the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code. Debut with Sushmita, marriage with former CM’s granddaughter
Sharad Kapoor has worked in Hindi and Bengali films. He made his debut in 1996 with former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen in filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt’s film Dastak. This was also Sushmita’s debut film. In this film, she played the role of a ‘psycho lover’. Sharad has worked with big stars like Shahrukh Khan, Govinda, Sanjay Dutt, Aishwarya Rai. He started his career as an assistant director. Sharad Kapoor has appeared in films like Josh, LOC Kargil and Lakshya. According to media reports, Sharad married Koyal Basu, granddaughter of former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, in 2008. Sharad Kapoor was last seen in the film The Good Maharaja. The film was released in the year 2022. While his last TV show was Chahat Aur Nafrat, which came in 1996. Many cases of sexual harassment in Malayalam industry, government formed committee
Apart from this, in February 2017, an actress from the Malayalam film industry was sexually harassed in a moving car. Actor Dileep’s name came out behind this incident, after which many people raised their voice against the mistreatment of women in the Malayalam film industry. After this incident, the government formed the Hema Committee. This committee submitted its report to the government in December 2019, which came out now after 5 years, which mentions serious issues like casting couch and sexual harassment going on in the Malayalam film industry. Sharad Kapoor is constantly trending on Google
Amidst the allegations of molestation, the graph of searching Sharad Kapoor on Google has suddenly increased. Source- GOOGLE TRENDS
