After singer Sona Mohapatra accused music composer Anu Malik of being a serial offender, another singer has come forward and shared her #MeToo story.
Singer Shweta Pandit has shared an incident from 17 years ago when Malik allegedly made sexual advances towards her. She was 15 years old then. Shweta took to her Twitter handle and called Malik a sexual predator in a long note. Her post reads, “Had to go back to my worst memory as a teenage girl today to write this and speak up – its now or never. This is my #MeToo and have to warn young girls about #AnuMalik & let you know your #TimesUp @IndiaMeToo Thank you @sonamohapatra for speaking up about him & supporting this.”
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The incident happened in 2001 when she met Anu after getting a call from Malik’s manager to meet him at Empire Studio in Andheri. Malik then asked Pandit to sing a few lines for a voice test. After that, he allegedly said he would give her a song if she “gave him a kiss”. “I was totally traumatised by the incident. I was depressed for months after the incident and could not even bring it up with her parents,” she posted.
Had to go back to my worst memory as a teenage girl today to write this and speak up – its now or never. This is my #MeToo and have to warn young girls about #AnuMalik & let you know your #TimesUp @IndiaMeToo
Thank you @sonamohapatra for speaking up about him & supporting this pic.twitter.com/e261pGQyEq— Shweta Pandit (@ShwetaPandit7) October 17, 2018
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A week ago, singer Sona Mohapatra called Malik a serial predator. In response to allegations made by Pandit, Sona took to her Instagram and thanked her for speaking up. She wrote, “Sending you love, big healing and strength @ShwetaPandit7. That #AnuMalik did this to you as a child is something #India has to make note of. Thank you so much for being brave and bringing this out in the open. I know how difficult that is and the pressure to let ‘bygones be bygones’.”
Sending you love,big healing & strength @ShwetaPandit7 .That #AnuMalik did this to you as a child is something #India has to make note of.Thank U so much for being brave & bringing this out in the open.I know how difficult that is & the pressure to let ‘bygones be bygones’. (1)
— SONA (@sonamohapatra) October 17, 2018
| When asked about this incident, Anup Malik said “No comments. This is ridiculous. I don’t want to talk about it. Today anyone says anything.” |