HYDERABAD: National award-winning choreographer and one of the big names in the Telugu film industry, Jani Master, was on Sunday booked for alleged sexual assault of a 21-year-old colleague.
Jani Master, who won National Film award for best choreography in 2022 Tamil film Thiruchitrambalam starring Dhanush, and has worked with top actors from Telugu, Tamil and Hindi cinema, has been accused of sexually assaulting the woman, also a choreographer, on multiple occasions in his vanity van, on film sets and at outdoor shoots since 2019.
Narsingi station house officer (SHO) G Hari Krishna Reddy told TOI that the case has been registered under IPC sections 376(2)(n) (repeated rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) based on a complaint by the woman who had worked with him in the past.
Jani Master, who won National Film award for best choreography in 2022 Tamil film Thiruchitrambalam starring Dhanush, and has worked with top actors from Telugu, Tamil and Hindi cinema, has been accused of sexually assaulting the woman, also a choreographer, on multiple occasions in his vanity van, on film sets and at outdoor shoots since 2019.
Narsingi station house officer (SHO) G Hari Krishna Reddy told TOI that the case has been registered under IPC sections 376(2)(n) (repeated rape), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) based on a complaint by the woman who had worked with him in the past.
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