Mamitha Baiju Says Director Bala Harassed, Assaulted Her During Shoot Of ‘Vanangaan’ – FilmyVoice
Actress Mamitha Baiju, who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, has levelled severe allegations towards director Bala, with whom she labored within the movie ‘Vanangaan’. The actress has mentioned that she endured psychological harassment and bodily assualt from the director whereas engaged on the movie.
The movie additionally featured Tamil famous person Suriya.
The actress narrated an incident from the units of the movie.
She mentioned that for a scene, she wasn’t given the satisfactory time to arrange and struggled by the shoot.
The actress advised a YouTube channel, “There’s one thing known as Villadichampaatu in it (‘Vanangaan’). Seeing it, I requested if I (the character) had been training it for a very long time (and was skilled) or whether it is depicted as she is trying it for the primary time. I used to be advised that my character is portrayed as having intensive expertise. In such a state of affairs, I needs to be adept within the actions, proper? As a result of when performing, it’s a must to sing whereas taking part in a drum, and it’s carried out in a selected fashion too. He (Bala) then pointed me to a lady (a Villadichampaatu artiste) and advised me to have a look at her doing it.”
She continued, “As quickly as I appeared, he mentioned okay and introduced that we have been going for a take. I used to be shocked and never prepared for it. I hadn’t even understood what they have been singing. It took me three tries to study it. In between, he scolded me fairly just a few instances.”
“He had advised me beforehand that he can be like that and say stuff (scold) and suggested me to not take it significantly regardless that it is perhaps hurtful at the moment. So, I had mentally ready for this whereas on set. He used to beat me too. Suriya sir already knew about it (Bala’s methods) as a result of they’d labored collectively earlier than. So, their rapport was good, and I used to be the brand new one on this dynamic,” she added.
Suriya later walked out of the movie identical to her. Nevertheless, she didn’t outrightly say that she left the movie due to such behaviour of the director.
Bala is understood for his unprofessional behaviour on set.
After Suriya left the movie, actor Arun Vijay stepped into the lead position.
The movie directed and written by Bala, is slated to launch in March.
