Mumbai: Actor Mouni Roy took to her social media handle on Saturday to share a traumatising and humiliating experience during an event, where two men passed lewd comments and touched her inappropriately.
Sharing the details of the incident, Mouni wrote on her Instagram handle, “Had an event at Karnal last and I am disgusted at the behaviour of the guests specially two uncles who are well aged to be grandparents. As the event started and walked on the stage uncles and family members (all men) put their hands on my waist to click pictures. Didn’t like it when I said, ‘Sir pls remove your hand.’ On stage is even a better story. Two uncles stood right in front making lewd remarks showing lewd hand gestures, name calling I realised that and first politely gestured to them don’t do it to which they started throwing roses at me.”
She added, “When mid performance I walked towards the stage exit but immediately came back to finish my performance. They didn’t stop even after that and no family or organisers moved them from up front. If someone like me has to go through this I can only imagine what new girls starting to work and do shows must be. I am humiliated, traumatised and want the authorities to take action for this intolerable behaviour. We are artists trying to earn an honest living through our craft. Wonder what these men would do if their friends behaved the same with their daughters, sisters or any family members. Shame on you!”
The actor further shared that some men, as old as her uncles, were filming her from a low angle. “We go to these events to be part of someone’s celebration. We are their guests, and yet this is how we are treated,” she added.
Mouni began her acting career with the television show ‘Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’ and went on to feature in popular shows including ‘Sati in Devon Ke Dev…Mahadev’ and Shivanya in ‘Naagin’. She made her Bollywood debut opposite Akshay Kumar in Reema Kagti’s 2018 period sports film ‘Gold’. She won praises for her ‘Junoon’ character in Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt-starrer ‘Brahmastra’.
She was last seen in the horror film ‘The Bhootnii’, which also featured Sanjay Dutt.
