Actor Arjun made unwanted advances, claims Kannada actress Sruthi

Bengaluru, Oct 21 Kannada actor Sruthi Hariharan on Sunday alleged that she was subjected to "unwanted advances" by south Indian multi-lingual actor Arjun Sarja. I could not raise the issue when the issue took place as there was no internal complaints committee in the film industry," Sruthi told reporters.There was a need for an active internal complaints committee in the Kannada film industry, stressed the actress, who was joined by Kannada actor Chetan and film directors Kavitha Lankesh and Roopa Iyer among others, during a media interaction.The 29-year-old actress addressed media a day after she named 54-year-old Arjun of sexually harassing her through a Facebook post. He pulls me closer with my body taut against his and asks the director if we could use this idea of foreplay in the scene," the actress had stated in her post.The incident which took place before 50 of the film's crew had left her "aghast", the actress noted in her post.Arjun, popularly known as 'Action King' who acted in over 150 movies across Tamil, Telugu and Kannada languages, has, however, dismissed the allegations as "false". "Bengaluru-based Sruthi, who has acted in several Kannada and Malayalam films since 2012, said none of her other co-actors had ever made similar physical advances towards her.--IANSbha-fb/prs Published By: PTI Published On: Oct 21, 2018 --- ENDS ---