Fatima Sana Shaikh shared a traumatic incident about how she was physically assaulted after standing up to a man who inappropriately touched her in public.
Actor Fatima Sana Shaikh has revealed one incident that left her traumatised. She shared that she was physically assaulted after standing up to a man who inappropriately touched her in public. The incident has left a lasting impact on her, and she feels the chills even today thinking about that particular incident. In a recent interview, Fatima talked about how she faces sexism every day and said that the man inappropriately touched her, and upon touching her, she hit him. Fatima added that she hit the man only because he touched her.
What did Fatima say during the interview?
During a conversation with Hauterrfly, Fatima said, ‘Once, a man had touched me inappropriately, and I hit him. But he hit me back so hard, that I was fully down. I only hit him because he touched me, but that pissed him off and he hit me to the point that I fell.’
What incident made Fatima rethink such situations?
Fatima added that the encounter made her rethink her reactions in such situations. After the incident, she told herself to be a little more cautious and know how to react in such situations. She explained that in such a situation, people only think of reacting to it.
What happened to Faitma during the COVID-19 lockdown?
In another incident, the Dhak Dhak actor experienced another disturbing incident. During the COVID-19 lockdown in Mumbai, she faced harassment in broad daylight and shared, ‘During the COVID-19 lockdown, I was riding my bicycle in Mumbai wearing a mask, and there was this tempo driver who kept honking and making weird sounds at me. And till the time I didn’t take a turn in my lane, he kept following me,’ and added, ‘You only have to be a girl for it.’
Coming to the work front, Fatima Sana Shaikh recently appeared in Anurag Basu’s Metro In Dino, opposite Ali Fazal. The film was released on July 4 and received positive reviews from the critics and the audience. Metro In Dino was released on Netflix.
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