Published 08:49 IST, September 23rd 2020

Richa Chadha 'an actor not a revolutionary'; lists lockdown 'prep' amid Payal Ghosh row

'Fukrey' actor Richa Chadha took to social media on Tuesday to share that situations have been forcing her to be a revolutionary & claimed she's only an actor.

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Actor Richa Chha has posted a photo of herself on social media entailing a legal warcry against actor Payal Ghosh who h, on Saturday last week, dragged Richa's name in her allegations of sexual abuse against filmmaker Anurag Kashyap. Panga actor has listed creatively fulfilling activities she has kept herself occupied with during lockdown and stated through caption on her post that she's "an actor, t a revolutionary".

actor has furr written that certain "situations" in her life are driving her to become a "revolutionary", possibly alluding to actor's defiance on social media while initiating legal action against Payal Ghosh. Richa Chha has served a legal tice to Ghosh for "unnecessarily and falsely dragging" her name in a "defamatory manner".

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Here's Richa's post:

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Last week, Ghosh appeared in an interview with a regional news channel and revealed sensational details of her encounter with  Gangs Of Wasseypur director alleging that he forced himself on her allegedly citing "benefits" for her future in film industry. In her interview, she also claimed that Kashyap took names of actors including Richa Chha, Mahie Gill and Huma Qureshi and said that he can ask "favours" from se actors at his beck and call.

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In response to this, Richa Chha, as well as accused filmmaker Anurag Kashyap, have issued statements from ir lawyers stating that legal recourse will be taken by m against defamatory allegations. However, Payal Ghosh on Tuesday officially filed a written complaint against director Anurag Kashyap under section 376, 354, 341, 342 of IPC, Ghosh’s vocate Nitin Satpute informed Republic TV.

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Re | Richa Chha Vs Payal Ghosh: 'Legal tice has been couriered', informs 'Fukrey' actor

statement by Ghosh's lawyer res, "A written complaint has been lodged for offense rape, wrongful restraint, wrongful confinement and outraging modesty of woman U/S 376, 354, 341, 342 of IPC and w victim's statement is being recorded at police station."

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Re | Payal Ghosh files complaint against Anurag Kashyap at Mumbai's Versova Police Station

In an exclusive interview with Republic TV, Payal Ghosh said that she first met director in 2014 at his office with her manr. Later that day, Payal said Anurag Kashyap invited her to his house for a meal and y h a good conversation about film industry. actor furr alleged that Kashyap called her again next time, and that was when he allegedly forced himself on her. “When I felt uncomfortable, he told me you do t have to feel shy because his girls do it all time. y are just a call away, y have a good time with me.”

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08:49 IST, September 23rd 2020