#MeToo: Anirban Das Blah Accused of Forcefully Trying to Kiss Wajah Tum Ho Actress Meira Omar
Wajah Tum Ho actress Meira Omar shares her #MeToo experience calling out Anirban Dash Blah
After actresses like Raveena Tandon, Kajol, Neena Gupta, Tanushree Dutta, Kangana Ranaut and many others coming out and talking about sexual harassment, Wajah Tum Ho actress Meira Omar has alleged that KWAN Entertainment head Anirban Das Blah also tried to force himself upon her in 2016. She recalled a horrific experience with Blah where he tried to forcefully kiss her when they met for work purposes once. Anirban said he would make her big in the industry if she "completely surrendered" to him. He also bragged about his work with 'top league actresses' and said he's help Meira's career achieve the same fate. Did Anirban Blah Fake His Suicide Attempt to Avoid #MeToo Charges? Twitterati Feels So.
When Meira came to Mumbai, she was looking for a talent agency to handle her work. She reached out to KWAN Agency's head Anirban and they fixed up a meeting together. The actress felt that the first meeting didn't go as planned so she was slightly disappointed. Post that, Anirban reached out to her and they decided to meet at his work space which was actually an apartment in Juhu. "Everything he said that night was about how he is a man who can get girls to come out of their shell, bring out their inner sexiness and awaken other desires in men. He stressed that all this makes one a star. He even went ahead and told me about a specific case where a a girl reached out to him and she was gorgeous, but too timid and shy. So he locked her in his balcony in that same Juhu apartment, where we were sitting and forced her to masturbate. He narrated the story to me with a sense of pride. He showed me pictures of the girl he was currently working on, pointing out the difference between before he discovered her, and after he did," added the actress.
"Anirban told me that he could help me, provided I trusted him and surrendered to him completely. I remembered I didn't fully understand at the time, but I knew I felt bad about it," she added. Is KWAN Entertainment LYING about Anirban Das Blah Being Ousted From The Company?
After this meeting Anirban gave her an assignment. "He said that I should imagine I was doing a cover shoot for an international fashion magazine and for that, I should pick out these sexy looks. He told me to really think about these looks, why I chose them and how they represented my sex appeal. He told me to bring these looks to work where he would photograph me and we would dissect the looks together," added Meira.
The idea of it made Meira uncomfortable but since she didn't want to lose the contact, she told him that she would show pictures of her inspirations and that would help him understand her vision and they could work on it. Anirban agreed. When she went there, without the looks he had requested and she could sense a change in attitude. He did not seem interested in pursuing the conversation and told her that he was really busy and that she should leave. While she was waiting for a cab, he leaned over to her and said, "F**ck, you're really sexy," and tried to kiss her.
She backed away immediately. Anirban told her that she would have to compromise and do certain things with men to bag roles and earn a respectable place in the industry. And if she couldn't handle it, she should just leave. "He said something like 'Bollywood won't change for you, no matter how well-read or how much of a feminist you are. You don't necessarily have to sleep with everyone, but you have to touch, kiss or tease them. Kissing is always okay.'" said Meira. Kwan Entertainment Head Anirban Das Blah Who Handles Deepika Padukone's PR Under Fire for Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Him.
"He also said that he loves kissing, even though he's in a happy relationship with his wife. My cab had arrived so I got up to leave. He pushed himself against me and kissed me. I felt paralysed and scared. I took my bag and ran out," she added. When Meira started ignoring his calls and text messages he told her to leave, as she didn't have what it takes to become anything in the industry. After this incident, she left India, and returned to Sweden with her family.
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