With Madhur Bhandarkar’s seven-year-old rape case resurfacing, everybody’s looking at the most famous piece of furniture ever: the casting couch. Highlighted once again are the sometimes-open, sometimes-secret allegations that mar Bollywood’s otherwise impeccable record. Here’s a look back at some of the more famous such cases.
Spelling fresh trouble for National Award-winning film director Madhur Bhandarkar, a Mumbai court Monday issued summons against him in a 2004 rape case filed by an upcoming starlet, the complainant’s lawyer said. “The magistrate, Andheri Railway Mobile Court, today issued summons asking Madhur Bhandarkar to appear before it Oct 18 and file his statement in [...]
Mumbai, (BollywoodWorld.com) A city court Wednesday ruled that film maker Madhur Bhandarkar will stand trial for allegedly raping model-turned-actress Priti Jain, five years after her complaint to the police. The court’s ruling came after it held that the first information report (FIR) Priti Jain filed against Bhandarkar was not false, as he had contended, Priti’s [...]
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