MUMBAI – Being known as one of the best child stars (and also maternal aunt of Farhan Akhtar and Farah Khan), veteran actress Daisy Irani has now spoken of the trauma she faced as a child in honour of #MeToo movement.
“The man who did this was supposed to be my guardian. He accompanied me to a film shoot (Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke) in Madras. One night in the hotel room he violated me, hit me with a belt and warned me that he would kill me if I ever told anyone about what had happened,” Daisy talked to Mumbai Mirror.
This was not only it, the assaults continued, “When I was 15 or so, mother made me wear a sari, padded me up with a new-fangled sponge, and left me alone with producer Mallikchand Kochar, who was planning a film called Mere Huzoor then, at his office located somewhere between Maratha Mandir cinema and the Tardeo circle. It was all quite hilarious… He joined me on the sofa, and started touching me… I knew what was on his mind. I took out the sponge things and handed them to him. He was furious. Now, why did I do that? Because I’ve always seen the funnier side of things.”
“Child actors have it tough. In a majority of cases, they have been taken advantage of. Maybe a few have had it easy, but most don’t, really,” Daisy concluded warning child actors parents’ to be aware of the ugly truth of the industry.
