After Payal Ghosh accused the filmmaker Anurag Kashyap of sexual assault, many celebrities from Bollywood has backed Anurag over Twitter. Actress Elnaaz Norouzi has also stood up for Anurag’s defence. They worked together in an Indian web television series, Sacred Games, which was released on Netflix. The series was a blockbuster hit in the Web Series scenario and did pretty well with Season 2 as well. Elnaaz Norouzi who played the role of Zoya/Jamila in Sacred Games said that Anurag made her “feel heard and safe” during the shoot of a sex scene, and made sure she is comfortable as well.
The actress took to her Instagram in order to stand up with Kashyap where she shared a photo of both of them and wrote a pretty long caption to defend the filmmaker and his identity as a person.
The caption read, “I remember I was ready to leave #SacredGames 2 because of a particular Sex scene that I wasn’t comfortable with doing. After much back and forth with the the production house and my team, @anuragkashyap10 sir messaged me and said : “Listen don’t worry I’ll figure it out, just trust me.”
I had only shot one day with him for season 1 by then and I wasn’t familiar enough with him to know if I can trust him or no but I just agreed. The day we had to shoot that scene came and I had anxiety the entire time… I knew , now that I am on set they’ll somehow make me do the scene and I won’t be able to say no because I was already told that The Script won’t be changed… I had a feeling I’d have to do the scene even if I didn’t really want to… I was called on set and Anurag sir started briefing me as to how he will shoot it keeping in mind, what I had told him I’m not comfortable doing. I felt like crying , I felt like crying because I didn’t expect him to actually keep my concern in mind.. I didn’t expect him to actually shoot it in a way that I would be comfortable with…i didn’t expect him to make sure we shoot the scene with me keeping my clothes on even though it was written otherwise … I felt like crying because he proved me wrong and kept his word! And once we shot the scene, I did cry in my vanity and I sent him a long message thanking him for being the kind of MAN that he is… we need more men/humans/directors like him in #Bollywood… hell not just Bollywood, but in the entire world! Thank you for allowing me to trust again and making me feel heard and safe on your Set 🙏🏼 #anuragkashyap”
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In the caption, she thanked Kashyap for making her feel heard and safe on the set. She also wrote everyone in the world should be like Anurag and not just Bollywood.
This all has taken a heel after actress Payal Ghosh accused Anurag Kashyap of sexual assault over Twitter last Saturday. She said that Kashyap assaulted her when she went to meet him regarding work. She later said that she will file an FIR against him at Oshiwara police station.
Talking about the allegations, Anurag Kashyap has denied them and have called them false and baseless. On his behalf, Priyanka Khimani, his lawyer has issued a statement saying that he will take a legal way to resolve the matter out.