Vicky Kaushal's father Sham Kaushal accused of sexual misconduct

Famed Indian actor Vicky Kaushal’s father Sham Kaushal has found himself embroiled in a controversy after allegations of sexual harassment were levelled against him under the #MeToo movement. Sham Kaushal has worked in the Hindi film industry as a stunt/action director for over 27 years now. His son Vicky Kaushal has established himself as a leading actor in the current times having delivered hits like Sanju, Raazi, Lust Stories and Manmarziyaan to name a few. Vicky’s father Sham has been accused by a co-worker named Nameeta Prakash, who worked as an assistant director on films like Honeymoon Travels Pvt Ltd, Ab Tak Chappan and Monorama Six Feet Under amongst others. In a Twitter note, Nameeta wrote how Sham showed her an explicit porn video after offering her to join him in his room for a drink. Sharing her story, she wrote: “Back in 2006 on an outdoor shoot, Sham Kaushal, the famous and award winning Bollywood stunt director decided that I should be going to his room after wrap to drink vodka, the sound of that was just so wrong that I lied to him & told him I don’t drink at all. He tried to insist, by saying that I didn’t know what I am missing out on and when I stuck my ground he picked up his phone and suddenly plugged it in-front of me with a porn MMS video clip on it.”Shortly after, another woman on Twitter wrote about her harrowing experience of harassment at the hands of the acclaimed director. Sham has worked in mega-hit projects like Padmaavat, Bajirao, Dangal among others.Ever since actress Tanushree Dutta broke silence on how Nana Patekar harassed her sexually in 2008, a nationwide campaign gained momentum in India with a number of influential names in the country belonging to various fields getting called out for sexual misconduct. 

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