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After the Malayalam film industry, now women from the Bengali film industry are also openly filing complaints about harassment. Recently, a Bengali actress has filed a complaint of physical abuse against well-known Bengali director Arindam Seal. Arindam is a big personality in the industry, however, after the allegations, he has been suspended from the post of DAEI (Directors Association of Eastern India).
The notice sent to Director Arindam by DAEI President Subrata Sen and Secretary Sudeshna Roy on Saturday, September 7, said, “Due to the allegations against you and the prima facie evidence available with us, our entire organization is being defamed. For this, DAEI has decided to suspend your membership indefinitely or until you are cleared of the allegations.”
Let us tell you that the Bengali actress had filed a complaint of physical abuse against director and actor Arindam in the West Bengal Women's Commission. After the case came to light, DAEI had demanded an explanation from Arindam Seal. In response to this, Arindam apologized through a letter.
The director clarified that this happened unknowingly
After the actress accused him of physical abuse, director and actor Arindam Seal has said that the allegations being made against him are an incident of a recent film shooting. He was explaining a scene of the film to an actress and during that time no one present on the set objected to his behavior. He has said that everyone present on the set can testify that he misbehaved unknowingly. However, the association says that they have decided to suspend him after getting information and considering all the facts.
There were allegations of sexual abuse in the year 2020 as well
Bengali director Arindam Seal has already been accused of sexual harassment in the year 2020. Actress Rupanjana Mitra had alleged that director Arindam had called her to his office to read the script of the TV show Bhoomi Kanya. When she reached the office at 5 pm, there was no one there. After reading the script of the first episode, he got up from his seat and came to the actress and started caressing her head and back.
When the actress protested against this, the director started showing professionalism. The actress has said that she was very broken after this incident.
After Rupanjana's statement came out, Arindam Seal had said in an interview that all the allegations are being made to tarnish his image. This is a political stunt. Arindam had said that after the script reading session, Rupanjana had sent him many messages, which he still has. If he had done something wrong to her, then why would she message him again.
