The Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) on Monday said that he will mediate and organize a concert meeting between Kannada actress Shruti Hariharan and actor Arjun Sarja, who was accused of sexual harassment.
KFCC president SA Chinay Gowda told reporters after the meeting of the body of the body, "KFCC members have met the allegations of sexual harassment. We will soon meet a meeting between Arjun and Shruti to resolve this issue. "
Gowda said that the Film Association will address all sexual harassment complaints which have been brought to its notice.
On Saturday, 29-year-old actress shared in a Facebook post that 54-year-old multilingual South Indian actor had sexually harassed a set of films in 2016.
"During one (film) rehearsal, we distributed our lines and Mr. Arjun embraced me. Without any predecessor or permission, he slowly runs his hands up and down, he rotates with my body. And asks the director if we can use this idea of foreplay in the scene, "the actress said in her post.
Saheb Govindu, former president of KFC, however asked why the actress took two years to raise this issue.
Govindu said, "Shruti should have brought this incident to our attention a long time ago."
Before that, Arjun's father-in-law and senior Kannada actor Rajesh had lodged a complaint against the actress with KFCC to defame the actor (Arjun) on that day.
While demanding a "ban" on Shruti in the Kannada film industry, some women performed a protest in front of the office of the film cell at the center of the city during the day.
Arjun, who is a & quot; action king & # 39; Is known by the name and was acted in more than 150 films in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages, calling the allegations "false".
The actor had said that he would soon file a defamation suit against Shruti.
Bangalore-based Shruti, who has acted in many Kannada and Malayalam films since 2012, had said that the incident had left her "Asthma" and she could not raise the issue if there was no internal complaint committee in the film industry. .
The ongoing #MeToo movement has given the courage to speak, the actress addressing the media on Sunday said.
Many Kannada artists and directors have also expressed their support to the actress.
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