Ganesh Acharya accused of forcing female choreographer to watch adult videos

A 33yr-old woman choreographer has filed a complaint against Ganesh Acharya accusing him of depriving her of work in the film industry, demanding commission & forcing her to watch adult videos.

Mumbai: National award-winning choreographer Ganesh Acharya has been accused by a 33-year-old woman of depriving her of work. The complaint also stated that she was asked to give a commission from her income to Ganesh and watch adult videos. She filed the case at the Amboli police station in Mumbai and Maharashtra Women's Commission.

ANI tweeted, "33yr-old woman choreographer, has filed a complaint against Ganesh Acharya, GenSecy Indian Film&Television Choreographers Assoc at state’s Women’s Commission&Amboli PS accusing him of depriving her of work in the film industry, demanding commission & forcing her to watch adult videos."

According to sources, the woman is an assistant female choreographer at the IFTCA. She has claimed that Ganesh has been harassing her continuously and that he used his position of General Secretary of the Indian Film and Television Choreographers Associaton to revoke her membership which put a full stop to her income.

Terming Acharya a "womaniser," the woman in the complaint said that she always found the senior choreographer watching adult office in his office and on confrontation he forced her to watch it too.

The complainant also alleged that since she did not agree to Acharya's terms, he sought revenge from her and got her IFTCA membership suspended and further issued a letter to choreographers instructing them not to work with her.

The woman claimed that she was attacked by Acharya's teammates on his instructions when she reached at a meeting of IFTCA to put forward her points following her suspension.