This Heroine Was Forcibly Kissed By The Hero 

Hyderabad: Bollywood actress Rekha was kissed for 5 minutes forcibly without her consent by her co-actor Biswajeet Chatterjee on the film sets, while shooting for‘Anjana Safar’. The actress was barely 15, while her co-actor was 30-year-old.

Yaseer Usman, writer of the book ‘Rekha: The Untold Story’ mention about the incident that has raised many eyebrows. The writer in his book said that it was conspired by the filmmaker Raja Nawathe in agreement with Biswajeet.

“While we outrage about the rape in #LastTangoinParis here's a story of on-screen sexual assault in our own backyard. (Yasser Usman's #Rekha),” tweeted Nikita Deshpande.

Yaseer Usman, writer of the book ‘Rekha: The Untold Story’ mention about the incident that has raised many eyebrows. The writer in his book said that it was conspired by the filmmaker Raja Nawathe in agreement with Biswajeet.

Recalling the day, Biswajeet said, “It was not for my enjoyment, but it was important for the film. Rekha felt betrayed and was furious,” admitted Biswajeet.”

Here is an excerpt from the biography:

“The shooting of Anjana Safar was underway in Bombay’s Mahboob Studio. Raja Nawathe was the director and cinematographer of the film. In the very first schedule of the film, Kuljeet Pal (the director), Raja and Biswajeet (the lead actor) had hatched a plan, with Rekha as the unsuspecting victim. That day a romantic scene was to be filmed between Rekha and Biswajeet. Every last detail of the strategy had been decided before the shoot. As soon as the director Raj Nawathe said ‘action’, Biswajeet took Rekha in his arms and pressed his lips on hers. Rekha was stunned. This kiss had never been mentioned to her. The camera kept rolling; neither was the director ordering ‘cut’ nor was Biswajeet letting go of her. For all of five minutes, Biswajeet kept kissing Rekha. Unit members were whistling and cheering. Her eyes were tightly shut but they were full of tears.”