Mumbai: Bollywood actress Urvashi Rautela has opened up about the viral video, which claimed that producer Boney Kapoor touched her inappropriately, saying “a great gesture” was “blown out of proportion”.
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Back in April, a video showed Boney and Urvashi posing for a photo op at the wedding reception of producer Jayantilal Gada’s son Aksshay Gada, with netizens discussing how the filmmaker has touched the actress “inappropriately”.
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“It was blown out of proportion. It was nothing like that. The video went viral overnight. But there was nothing like that. We were supposed to work on a project. I was supposed to be part of a film, which he is doing with superstar Ajith… which I couldn’t do because of my movie dates,” Urvashi said in an interview to Bollywood Hungama.
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“So, I knew him already. Because I couldn’t do a movie with him doesn’t mean I don’t have a relationship with him,” she added.
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The actress said it “was a great gesture”.
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“I had just entered the party and he was also there and the person who was getting married was also there. We were just clicking pictures and I don’t know… the photography or the angle or the way they captured it…it was so weird. Then it went to become such a huge and big thing. My phone was ringing non-stop for seven days. So, I think it was blown out of proportion,” she added.
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Asked about talking to Boney about the incident, she said about having a word with him and “it was awkward for him”.
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After the video went viral, the actress had defended Boney through a Twitter post.
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“I felt appalled and beyond shocked this morning when I saw social media flooded with trolls of me in a video with respected Boney Kapoor sir. He is a true gentleman and it makes me feel extremely unhappy and miserable because the social sites/ media don’t even think twice before putting up things or destroying anyone’s reputation. I request all to stop trolling. I honestly respect Boney Kapoor sir and stand by him and his dignity,” she wrote in the post.
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