CAMPION ACCUSES FILM FESTIVAL BOSS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
JANE CAMPION has filed a formal complaint against film festival organiser= s in India, alleging she was sexually harassed at the event.
The Piano director has accused Bhaskar Deb, husband of festival directo= r Shyamali Banerjee, of making "rude and even lewd advances" towards her = at the India International Women Film Festival in Delhi in December (09).
The celebration was organised to honour the work of female directors fr= om around the world.
Filmmaker Ayesha Arif Khan, from Pakistan, has joined Campion in lodgin= g a complaint with India’s Ministry of Urban Development, insisting she w= as "repeatedly mauled by a drunken Bhaskar and constantly offered alcohol= ".
Campion claims she was "shocked and angry" that Deb was not reprimanded= for his behaviour, branding the entire festival a "scandalous fraud".
But Banerjee has slammed the allegations against her husband, insisting= , "It’s completely fabricated. The claims are completely baseless." Deb reportedly told the Times of India he didn’t even meet Campion at t= he event.
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