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Casting couch row: Actor Varalakshmi shames TV boss on social media for indecent proposal

Amid growing furore over the abduction and harassment of a leading south Indian actress, a noted Tamil actress today claimed that a TV channel executive had spoken to her in an improper manner.

Actress Varalakshmi Sarathkumar said women's safety has become a joke as she rallied behind the fellow actress who faced the harassment in Kochi.

Recalling a meeting with the programming head of a leading TV Channel, Sarathkumar claimed that towards the end he had asked her if they can meet outside.

She said incidents of rape, molestation, manhandling and disrespect to women were rising "at alarming rates".

Varalakshmi, daughter of actor-turned politician Sarathkumar, has acted in several Tamil films.

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