Chennai, Jan 31: Well-known South Indian actor Amala Paul today filed a complaint of sexual harassment, reportedly against a city based businessman.

The actor told reporters that the man used vulgar language against her while she was rehearsing for an upcoming event in Malaysia, at a dance studio here.

"I was shocked and (felt) humiliated. Therefore I approached police," she said, adding she felt 'extremely unsafe' after the episode.

A probe is on in the matter, police said. Amala Paul has acted in a number of Tamil and Malayalam movies, pairing among others, popular Tamil star Vijay.