The #MeToo movement continues to rage through India as several women have gathered courage and strength to speak about their sexual harassment ordeals at the hands of powerful men.

Anirban Das Blah, Founder of Kwan Entertainment, is one of those who have been accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour. The celebrity manager has been asked to step aside from his duties and responsibilities at KWAN.

Aspiring actress Meira Omar shared her horrific experience of sexual harassment with a daily. She said that in 2016, she came to India, Mumbai, to pursue her dreams of becoming an actress.

Meira did her research and found out that KWAN was a reputed talent agency. Unaware about the rumours floating about him, she reached out to Anirban and he enabled a meeting with her agency. She was a bit disappointed after their first meeting, as she felt that it hadn't gone well.

However later, Anirban reached out to her. "He contacted me and asked about the meeting with the team. I told him the truth and he replied to me saying, 'Listen, my team is very basic. They only go for girls who are in the top league today. They don't know how to spot a star in the making. I am the one who creates stars and sees something, when no one else can. This is what I'm known for.'"

Meira felt encouraged about this conversation as she felt that Anirban was implying that she might have something unique about her. He requested to meet her privately so that he could evaluate her personally. "He asked me to come over to his work space, as meeting in a public space would give people the wrong idea. He specifically mentioned that he didn't want tabloids writing about it," related Meira.

She said that she felt something was off, but she ignored her instincts. She found that his 'work space' was actually an apartment in Juhu, where would stay away from his family in Bandra. He started commenting on her appearance and told her to let her hair down and be comfortable. Initially they sat on the sofa, and had a normal conversation.

"Everything he said that night was about how he is a man who can get girls to come out of their shell, bring out their inner sexiness and awaken other desires in men.

"He stressed that all this makes one a star. He even went ahead and told me about a specific case where a a girl reached out to him and she was gorgeous, but too timid and shy. So he locked her in his balcony in that same Juhu apartment, where we were sitting and forced her to masturbate. He narrated the story to me with a sense of pride. He showed me pictures of the girl he was currently working on, pointing out the difference between before he discovered her, and after he did," added Meira.

Meira said that he complimented her on her intellect and eloquence, and said that as she is so intelligent, people won't see it. "Anirban told me that he could help me, provided I trusted him and surrendered to him completely. I remembered I didn't fully understand at the time, but I knew I felt bad about it," she added that it was the first time that she had come closest to working with someone who has influence in the industry and I badly wanted to get a foot in the door," she said.

After this meeting Anirban gave her an 'assignment'. "He said that I should imagine I was doing a cover shoot for an international fashion magazine and for that, I should pick out these sexy looks. He told me to really think about these looks, why I chose them and how they represented my sex appeal. He told me to "bring these looks to work" where he would photograph me and we would dissect the looks together," added Meira.

By this time, Meira was alarmed and uncomfortable. Yet, she didn't want to lose the contact. She told him that she would show pictures of her inspirations and that would help him understand her vision and they could work on it. He told her to come to his workspace anyway, and to bring her choice of looks.

Meira went, without the looks he had requested and she could sense a change in attitude. He did not seem interested in pursuing the conversation and told her that he was really busy and that she should leave. While waiting for a cab, he leaned over to her and said, "F**ck, you're really sexy," and tried to kiss her.

She was scared, but she backed away carefully as she was afraid that he would become more aggressive. He told her that there were some things that she would just have to do with men, and if she couldn't handle it, she should just leave. "He said something like 'Bollywood won't change for you, no matter how well-read or how much of a feminist you are. You don't necessarily have to sleep with everyone, but you have to touch, kiss or tease them. Kissing is always okay.'" said Meira.

"He also said that he loves kissing, even though he's in a happy relationship with his wife. My cab had arrived so I got up to leave. He pushed himself against me and kissed me. I felt paralysed and scared. I took my bag and ran out," she added.

Meira stopped answering his calls and text messages after that. Anirban finally told her to leave, as she "didn't have what it takes to become anything in the industry". He also told her friends the same thing about her.

The incident scarred Meira and she was devastated that her dream of making it in the industry would never come true. She left India, and returned to Sweden with her family, to heal.

In the midst of several sexual harassment allegations, Anirban Blah tried to commit suicide at Vashi bridge in Mumbai on Friday, after tipping off sources with a long apology note. He was saved in time by police, and was returned to his relatives.

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