Alok Nath, popularly known as ‘Babuji’, was in the news when he was accused of sexual harassment during the MeToo campaign. Now, film and TV actress Himani Shivpuri, who has worked with him in many films, has reacted to this issue. 63-year-old Himani said in a recent conversation that Alok Nath remains sanskari as long as he does not drink alcohol. During this, Himani also told whether she has ever faced any kind of trouble because of Alok Nath. Not only this, Himani has also mentioned an incident, according to which once Alok Nath was deboarded from the flight for creating a ruckus under the influence of alcohol.
During a conversation with Siddharth Kannan, Himani Shivpuri told that once she was going to an award show with Alok Nath and his wife, which was held outside the country. Himani said, "He (Alok Nath) drank alcohol and started creating a ruckus. His wife was trying to calm him down. I also told him to control himself, otherwise he would be deboarded from the flight. Earlier, he was deboarded from the flight once due to his behaviour."
Himani Shivpuri further said in this conversation that Alok Nath's personality is like Jeckyll and Hyde (characters from Scottish writer Robert Louis Stevenson's novel The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, who have two different forms.). She said that when she used to work with him, he was good till he started drinking. Himani said, "The thing is that till he did not drink, he was cultured. His personality was like this."
TV show 'Happu Ki Ultan Paltan' fame Himani did not tell openly, but hinted that something happened to her when she was in National School of Drama. Himani said, "I never faced any problem except the incident at National School of Drama (NSD). But I have heard from people that after drinking alcohol, he was a different person." It is worth mentioning that many artists including Vinita Nanda, Navneet Nishan, Deepika Amin and Sandhya Mridul had accused Alok Nath of sexual harassment.