It’s not the first time any Bollywood actress has spoken about being molested or being inappropriately touched by their male fans. The most recent victim of this kind of harassment is actress, Illeana D’Cruz and she is lashing out fearlessly on this encounter.
It is said that while promoting her upcoming film, 'Baadshaho', a fan apparently misbehaved with the actress. The ‘Mubarakaan’ actress took to Twitter to express her anguish following the incident; Illeana shared a series of angry tweets:
It's a pretty shitty world we live in. I'm a public figure. I understand that I don't have the luxury of a private & an anonymous life.(1/2)
— Ileana D'Cruz (@Ileana_Official) 20 August 2017
But that doesn't give any man the right to misbehave with me. Don't confuse "fan antics" with that. I am a WOMAN at the end of the day.(2/2)
— Ileana D'Cruz (@Ileana_Official) 20 August 2017
Previously, actresses like Vidya Balan and Swara Bhaskar have also spoken about the upsetting incidents they’ve faced when they were touched inappropriately by their so-called fans. In an interview Vidya shared her story of how a fan at Kolkata airport came up to her and without permission tried to touch her hand and put his arm around her waist.
"I told him don't, but he put it again. My manager saw it and said please don't and when I turned to pose for cameras he put his hand around my waist again the third time. I said listen don't, what do you think you are doing? This is wrong. Then he said sorry can I have a selfie, I said no you can't, behave yourself," the actress told SpotboyE.
The harassment does not stop there celebrities like Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Soha Ali Khan, Esha Gupta, Sunny Leone and Fatima Sana Shaikh have also faced cyber bullying and body shaming via social media.
Meanwhile, Ileana is currently busy promoting her upcoming movie, Milan Luthria's ‘Baadshaho’ along with Ajay Devgn, Emraan Hashmi, Vidyut Jammwal, Esha Gupta and Sanjay Mishra. The film, which is a set in the emergency era of the 1970s, will release on September 1.