Published 10:45 IST, July 22nd 2020

Sushant's co-star Sanjana says #MeToo claim about them 'was concocted but nobody believed'

"The girl who has supposedly accused the boy is giving clarification & even that doesn't work", said Sanjana Sanghi recalling false allegations against Sushant.

Reported by: Urvashi Kandpal
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Sanjana Sanghi, in conversation with Pinkvilla, spoke about #MeToo allegations leveled against late actor Sushant Singh Rajput while y were filming for Dil Bechara. late actor was accused of misbehaving with his co-star and was allegedly troubled with rampant outr of people against him. Sanjana broke silence on issue and claimed that even though matter troubled both her and Sushant, y knew what y meant to each or.

Sanjana went on to claim that she knew what Sushant meant to her and Sushant knew what he meant to her and that is all that mattered. She said that she does t have respect for people who write baseless articles and that entire episode was concocted on false claims. Sanjana exclaimed that people will kw how comfortable she was on sets when y watch Dil Bechara which is scheduled to release on July 24.

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debutante also said that rumours and reports did t affect her friendship with him. She recalled discussion with Sushant about whole incident where he offered to release ir chats for people to see. Sanjana shared that when even chats didn't help rumours, she spoke about it and was surprised that even that did t work.

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Sushant Singh Rajput's unfortunate demise earlier last month left many questions lingering about his past of which Sanjana claimed that along with memories of shooting with him, false allegations by people left a sour taste. She clarified that if anything inappropriate would've happened, y would t have finished film or shot in Paris. Sanjana went onto urge people to t believe in false allegations and claimed that she would t like to perpetuate culture of giving explanations for lies spread by people.

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Sanjana's clarification and assertions of being unable to correct narrative around claim - despite purportedly being aggrieved party - assumes significance on account of allegations that a campaign was orchestrated to malign Sushant by members of industry, and this may have been a part of 'boycott' that was allegedly engineered against him before his tragic suicide. 

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10:18 IST, July 22nd 2020