Exclusive: Anita Hassanandani: “Our Tailor Touched Me Inappropriately, An Auto Driver Unzipped His Pants…”

Initially hesitant to share, Anita explained how she was once left alone with a tailor who was working under her mother’s supervision and he misbehaved!

In an exclusive interview with Hauterrfly, actress Anita Hassanandani revealed two unsettling experiences of sexual harassment that she faced in her early years. Known for her roles in popular television shows like Naagin and Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, Anita discussed these incidents in an effort to highlight the uncomfortable situations many women often endure and what she had to go through as kid.

Anita Hassanandani On Facing S*xual Harassment

Initially hesitant to share, Anita explained how she was once left alone with a tailor who was working under her mother’s supervision. Her mother had gone to run errands, leaving Anita with the elderly tailor. During this time, the man acted inappropriately, though Anita, being young at the time, didn’t fully understand the situation. She recalled how she pushed him away but didn’t feel the need to tell her mother when she returned, unsure if it was something worth reporting.

Anita expressed how, back then, she lacked the awareness and understanding to recognize the seriousness of the incident or how to address it. Anita said, “It was borderline, she had left me with her garment tailor ki mai 10 minute mein aati hu, because she had to run errands. So the tailor misbehaved with me but I was so young I didn’t know, I just pushed away and I think in 15-20 mins my mom came and I didn’t even know that I should be informing her, na mujhe mujhe ehsaas tha, na mujhe knowledge tha ki mummy ko bata k ar stress mein daalu kya? He was not taking my measurements, mai akele ghar pe thi and my mother had gone done to run some errands she used to do little tailoring, the tailor used to be doing the work, he was working under my mother and he was plus 60.”

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And that’s not all, as the conversations ran deeper the question of eve teasing popped up, where Anita revealed, she was eve teased by an auto rickshaw driver, “when we were in school, my mom used to give us 10 rupees ki jaate time rickshaw se jao and come back home by walking, so we used to save that money by having samosa or something in the canteen, toh hm walking aate the na, toh there used to be a rickshaw guy and he used to be there all the time, and whenever he saw some girls he used to open his pants and start touching himself and look at us. We then changed our route because of him and we were scared because it was an all girls school. “

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First Published: September 20, 2024 1:33 PM