Celebrity choreographer Ganesh Acharya was recently accused by a woman assistant choreographer Divya Kotian for "forcing" her to "watch porn videos". According to a news agency, the FIR claimed that after Ganesh became the general secretary of Indian Films and Television Choreographer Association (IFTCA), he would frequently call Kotian at the IFTCA office at Veera Desai, Andheri (West) and Mukti Rehearsal Hall. The complainant revealed that whenever she reached his office she would find him watching porn videos. "Whenever I used to reach his office for any work I always found him watching porn videos and he even asked me to watch the porn videos. He also stated that even I will enjoy watching porn videos," she had claimed.
Now Ganesh has reacted to the porn video controversy and claimed that it’s a conspiracy by Saroj Khan to malign his image. "This is the conspiracy against me to malign my image, there are people like Saroj Khan and her colleagues who are doing corruption in the industry. Their business has flopped as I have entered the association,” he told a news agency. Further threatening to file a defamation case against Saroj, Ganesh added, “I will file a defamation case against Saroj Khan and her team who are defaming me and stooping so low to do that, they are doing this because their business has gone in vain they used to earn money sitting at home illegally and I am against it so will put all my efforts to fight against them.”
The incident, as claimed by Divya, happened in 2009-2010, when she started her career.
This is not the first time that Acharya has faced harassment charges. Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta has also come out and spoken about the choreographer for spreading "malicious rumours" about her and ruining her reputation.
(Source: IANS/ANI)
