An actress named Vichithra appeared in a film titled 'Bhalevadivi Basu' in 2001. For the unversed, the film was headlined by Nandamuri Balakrishna. Vichithra played a character named Pushpa in that movie, directed by PA Arun Prasad of Pawan Kalyan's 'Thammudu' fame.
Why is the film in the news 22 years after its release? Vichithra, in the latest episode of Bigg Boss Tamil, recounted her sexual harassment ordeal allegedly on the sets of the movie. In the reality show episode, she said that the hero of a film asked her to see him in his hotel room. When she spurned the sexual advance, she was ill-treated on the sets of the film, whose stunt master allegedly slapped her on some pretext a few days later.
It is important to note that Vichithra didn't name the film, much less the hero. She only mentioned the year: 2001. Based on this, many Netizens are making inferences.
Since Balakrishna is a star hero associated with a political party, expect a lot of polarizing social media chatter about Vichithra's latest comment.
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