In a recent media interaction, Sanya Malhotra opened up about the horrific experience when she was sexually harassed in public, but nobody came to help her.
Bollywood actress, Sanya Malhotra is currently garnering a lot of praise for her recently-released Netflix film, Kathal. During the promotion of her film, the actress opened up about a horrifying experience when a fan misbehaved with her while travelling in Delhi metro. For the unversed, a few days back, it was actress, Aahana Kumra who slammed a fan for putting his arm on her waist while posing for a picture with her. And now, Sanya shared her story of sexual harassment.
In a conversation with Hauterrfly, Sanya Malhotra opened up about the scary experience and shared that once while returning home from college in the evening, a group of boys teased and touched her. She added that they continued to do so until she de-boarded the metro and said that she felt helpless. Talking about the same, she revealed:
“I was alone so I stayed quiet. It was such a situation when I couldn’t do anything. They started teasing and touching. I felt helpless but I knew if I will say anything, anything can happen. People generally say, ‘Kuch kara kyun nahi tumne?’ But when that situation comes, haath, paer phool jaate hain. You only want to survive that situation.”
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However, Sanya further added that she was surprised to see that no one in the metro came to help her. Revealing that the tall and muscular men started following her when she got off at Rajiv Chowk, she revealed that she rushed to the washroom and hid there. Sanya further shared that she called her dad to pick her up and said:
“Then I got out of Rajiv Chowk and they all started following me. They were all tall, muscular men. Thank god for the crowd at that station, I rushed to the washroom and called my father. I asked him to come and pick me up.”
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Sanya Malhotra shared that even after becoming a popular face in the industry, she again faced a horrific incident in Mumbai. Talking about the same, the actress mentioned that as the paps spotted her somewhere a few years ago, a man approached her for clicking a picture. However, she revealed that he put his hand on her butt and touched her inappropriately, but nobody came to help her. She added:
“I was like, ‘What the hell?’ But again, the photographers didn’t help me. They were seeing that I am not comfortable. I was so angry, I called him back and told him, ‘You did wrong’.”
Sanya Malhotra etched a place in our hearts with her role in the film, Meenakshi Sundareshwar. The much-awaited film got premiered on the OTT and received positive reviews from the audiences. Before that she worked in the film Ludo, and impressed everyone with her acting spree. Currently, Sanya is riding high on the professional front, as she will be seen next in some promising movies like Love Hostel, Atlee's untitled film and Sam Bahadur.
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