Bengali actress Sayantika Banerjee walks out of set alleging harassment, mismanagement

Bengali actress and Trinamool Congress leer Sayantika Banerjee reportedly walked off sets of her upcoming film Chayabaj. What caused this was an incident of alleged harassment involving film's choreographer. Not just this, Banerjee has also levied accusations of mismanagement on film's producer.

3 things you need to know

• Sayantika Banerjee last featured in 2022 film Savings Account.
• Her most notable film to date has been Awara (2012), which stars Jeet.
• She joined Trinamool Congress ahe of Assembly elections 2021 in West Bengal.

Sayantika Banerjee walks out of film sets

Sayantika Banerjee's experience on sets of her film Chayabaj was first reported by a Bangleshi media outlet. Following this, actress shared her version of events in a conversation with Anandabazar Online. Speaking about instance of alleged harassment, Banerjee detailed how though initially y h a choreographer on board, individual left midway due to monetary issues.

Following this, Michael was brought on board. Sayantika's problem with him arose when he allegedly held her hand without consent and she called him out in front of everyone.

(Sayantika Banerjee is part of Trinamool Congress | Image: iamsayantikabanerjee/Instagram)

She said, "Initially, a teacher came for dance shoot but he left because of monetary issues. n young boy called Michael came. Michael, without my consent, held my hand and I stopped him in front of everyone."

Sayantika Banerjee alleges mismanagement by producer

Chayabaj is being produced by Manirul Islam, a first-time producer. Banerjee alleged that producer would just spring new schedules and song sequences on m. film has also been plagued with technical issues, something producer has also failed to acknowledge.

She said, "Time and again, I tried to contact producer regarding some technical issues but did not get any response. He has no planning and no management. We were suddenly told that a dance sequence would be shot. When Manirul did not respond after being called many times, I said that I would not work with Michael like this."