By Anil Merani| This morning Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal aka Mrs Roshan Sodhi of Taarak Mehta Ka Oolthah Chashmah created a considerable stir when she accused the above show producer Asit Kumarr Modi and two of his associates, project head Sohail Ramani and executive producer Jatin Bajaj, of sexual harassment.
The latter two blocked her car on the 7th of March when she wanted to leave early because of Holi. She has had no shot for them since then.
She has made several other allegations against Asit Modi of male chauvinism. “They have also filed a notice against me for not shooting, which was causing them financial damage,” says Jennifer
However, Asit Kumarr Modi has a different story to tell. He has issued a statement accusing Jeniffer of not focusing on her work. He has further stated that he intends to file a defamation case against Jennifer for making baseless accusations.
We reproduce the statement in full.
She lacked basic discipline on the set and was not focusing on her work. We regularly had to complain to the production head about her behaviour. On her last day she was abusive in front of the whole unit and left the set without finishing her shoot. “said the direction team of Harshad Joshi, Rushi Dave and Arman about Jennifer Mistry.
“She regularly misbehaved on the show with the entire team. While moving out from the shoot, she rashly drove her car out at very high speed not caring for people in her way. She even damaged the set property. We had to terminate her contract because of her bad behaviour and indiscipline during the shoot. During this incident Asit ji was in the USA. She is now trying to defame us and the show by making baseless allegations. We have already filed our complaint against these baseless allegations with the concerned authorities.” says Project Head Sohil Ramani and Jatin Bajaj
“We will take legal action as she is trying to defame me and the show both. Since we terminated her services, she is making these baseless allegations,” says Asit Kumarr Modi.
This serious allegation deserves an impartial investigation; we hope the authorities do the needful
