The actor took to Twitter to accuse the director of harassment
New Delhi: In a bizarre turn of events director Susi Ganesan is once again embroiled in the #MeToo movement. This time actor Amala Paul has accused Ganesan and his wife of slut-shaming her when she supported filmmaker Leena Manimekalai.
Manimekalai had alleged in a Facebook post in February 2017 that the director had made unwanted advances and that she escaped the situation only by pulling a knife on him. She wrote, "He took the mobile phone that was on my lap, switched it off and threw it. He threatened me, asking me to come to his apartment. I was immobilised with shock for a while. First, I spoke softly and asked him to drop me immediately. I threatened to break the car door. What should have been a 20-minute ride to Vadapalani, witnessed a 45-minute roaming of the streets of Chennai."
Though she did not name Ganesan as her aggressor then, she said that she was 'triggered' after coming to know of a similar incident involving a Malayali actor. She said, “Without MeToo and WCC, I would not have had the courage to do this.”
While Amala Paul applauded Leena for sharing her story, she tweeted one of her own too. She also alleged that the director and his wife were trying to scare her. She tweeted: "Just got the shock of my life! @DirectorSusi & @sgmanjari called &I picked up to explain the stand.While I was trying to pacify his wife; Susi strted abusing me&to my surprise his wife strted laughing&they both joined to slut shame me. De feel de can scare me with dese tactics "
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