Hoping For Justice…”: Young Kerala Actor Claims Rape By Actor Baburaj

New Delhi: 

A junior artiste in the Malayalam film industry has accused award-winning actor and director Baburaj of rape, adding to the flood of sexual abuse complaints against senior Mollywood figures, sordid details of many of which were revealed in the Justice Hema Committee report last week.

The report – which includes shocking stories of abuse – was submitted to the Kerala government in 2019 but made public only now, after clearing legal challenges from film industry members.

Speaking to NDTV on condition of anonymity the young woman said she had been lured to Baburaj’s home in Aluva in Kerala’s Ernakulam district on the pretext of discussions, with other directors, over a possible film role. She said she was then verbally abused and sexually assaulted by the 58-year-old.