Flora Saini is one of the popular faces in Bollywood. She has featured in various Hindi, Kannada and Tamil. The actress opened up about facing sexual harassment by her ex-boyfriend. The actress recalled the domestic violence and sexual harassment she suffered in 2007 about which she had first spoken publicly in 2018 during the MeToo movement.
In his interview, Flora said she left her home to live with film producer and her former boyfriend Gaurang Doshi as he asked her to prove her love for him. The actor further spoke about the recent murder of Shraddha Walkar, who was allegedly killed by her boyfriend and live-in partner Aftab Poonawala in Delhi. The actress said, “Your parents see the red flags. In Shraddha’s case as well, the same happened. They first cut you out from your family. I also left my home, and within a week of moving in with him, I was being bashed up. I couldn’t understand why he was beating me up suddenly, because in my eyes he was a really nice guy.”
She further narrates the incident said, “One night, he’d beaten me so much that I had a fractured jaw. He took his father’s picture and warned me saying I swear on my father that I will kill you tonight. When he turned back to keep the photo frame back, in that fraction of a second, my mom’s voice echoed in my ears that at such a moment you will have to run - bas bhaag, mat soch ki kapde pehne hai ya nahi, paise hain ya nahi, bas bhaag.” Flora also shared how the police had at first refused to file her complaint and were talking to her ex on the phone and telling him that she had come to file a complaint. But eventually, she was able to file a handwritten complaint against her ex-boyfriend.
On the work front, Flora Saini has appeared in Hindi films like Love In Nepal, Dabangg 2, Lakshmi and Dhanak. Among her other roles, Flora is known for playing a ghost in Stree. Recently, a sequel to the 2018 film was announced.
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