Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chasma actor Jennifer Mistry accuses producer Asit Modi over sexual harassment
Tarak Mehta Ka Ulta Chasma actor Jennifer Mistry accuses producer Asit Modi over sexual harassment
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah actress Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal, popular for her character, Mrs. Roshan Singh Sodhi, for the past 15 years, has quit the show and accuses producer Asit Kumarr Modi of making sexual advances toward her. Jennifer has filed a case against him, project Head Sohail Ramani and executive producer, Jatin Bajaj. The actress stopped shooting for the show months ago, and her last working day was March 6.
Revealing details what happened, Jennifer Mistry told the media that she was subjected to humiliation on the sets by the project Head and the executive producer. She was asked to get off the sets four times by Sohail Ramani and Jatin Bajaj and even tried to stop her car by standing behind it and was not allowing her to leave the sets. She told them that she worked on the show for 15 years, and they couldn’t forcefully stop her, and while she was leaving Sohail threatened her. She has filed a case of sexual harassment against Asit Kumarr Modi, Sohail Ramani and Jatin Bajaj.
Jennifer further shared that she needed a half day for Holi as her daughter really looks forward to this festival. However, she wasn’t allowed and the actress requested that a two-hour break would also work for her but she was denied. Adding further, the actress said that the set of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah Sohail spoke rudely to her and asked her to get out almost four times. Then the creative person, Jatin tried to stop her car. All this is recorded in the CCTV footage,” exclaimed Jennifer.
Jennifer Mistry has sent a notice to Asit Modi
What transpired next was that Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal received a letter from Sohail stating that she left early on the abovementioned day of the shoot, which caused them heavy losses. She continued, “On April 4, she replied to them on WhatsApp that she was subjected to sexual harrasment, and they reverted to her saying that she was trying to extort money from them. She decided that day, she wanted a public apology. On March 8, she sent a notice to Asit Modi, Sohail Ramani and Jatin Bajaj, and also mailed and sent a registry to all the government authorities. Till now she has not got any revert on the matter but she’s sure they must be looking into it and investigating the matter. Every person in Taarak Mehta is a bonded labourer.
Asit Modi has made sexual advances towards many times in the past. Initially, she ignored all his statements because of fear of losing out on work. But it is enough now and she won’t take it anymore. They tried to forcefully stop her on the sets and were shutting the gates and not allowing her to go out. She also sent a complaint mail to authorities a month back but haven’t got any revert. She hopes sthey must be looking into it and working towards the case. She is also sure they must be investigating. She has hired a lawyer and know she will get justice very soon.
Jennifer also recalled the time when her co-actor Gurucharan Singh Sodhi quit the show, she was pregnant at that time and the team sacked her. She never wanted to leave but they sacked her because she was on the exit modleaving,” asserted the actress.
Many attemotsattempts at calling the producer Asit Kumarr Modi but there wasn’t any response till the time of filing this story.
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah is the longest running Hindi comedy sitcom that was first aired on July 28, 2008. The show is now in its 15th year with more than 3,500 episodes.
Meanwhile In the last few months several actors have quit the show, including Neha Mehta, Shailesh Lodha, Raj Anadkat and others.
News input KV Raman
