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#MeToo: Makeup artist gets sacked from Ajay Devgn’s film after Tanya Paul accuses him of sexual misconduct

In the wake of #MeToo movement every day new names are making rounds and while some of them involve big Bollywood names, there are a few who are complicit by association. The new name that has been added to the list is Ajay Devgn’s make-up artist Harish Wadhone. Tanya Paul Singh, who was a script and continuity supervisor on the set of Ajay Devgn and Tabu’s De De Pyaar De shared her ordeal about how makeup artist Wadhone misbehaved with her. She alleged that Wadhone gave her an unwanted massage and made her feel really uncomfortable.

Tanya narrated her harrowing experience to a colleague, the matter went to the creative team. Finally, Luv Ranjan took a stand and had a word with Ajay and Wadhone was fired from the project. Tanya thanked the entire crew of the film for not tolerating such behaviour and coming in support of her.

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In her tweet she shared, “As an assistant director at the monitor with headphones when the first AD announced roll sound, I felt hands on my shoulder. Since I’m wired and already with a lot of continuity files in my hand, it’s almost impossible to look behind who it was. I could tell it was a man. He began to give me a very strong massage from head to tailbone. The touch did not seem right. In the middle of the shot, I couldn’t say anything. He picked a good time to victimize.”

[caption id="attachment_124122" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Luv Ranjan and Ajay Devgn[/caption]

She further added, “The director said the shot was okay, but it had a continuity jerk, so, after 'cut', I had to run to inform them about the potential mistake. I had no time to respond to him. When I returned to the monitor, he said I should thank him for the massage. His presence made me extremely uncomfortable.”

Apparently, Ranjan called her personally and said that she should have reported the matter earlier. Ajay had also issued a statement earlier stating that his production house will not tolerate such misconduct and will not support anyone by working with them.

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