Former Bollywood actress Celina Jaitly has taken legal action against the journalist who made false claims that she slept with a father-son duo in Bollywood. A few months ago, Pakistan-based film critic and journalist, who majorly reports about Bollywood, tweeted, “Celina Jaitley is the only actress in Bollywood who slept with both father ( Feroz Khan ) and son ( Fardeen Khan ) many times.”
Celina has taken legal action against the journalist for spreading fake news and defaming her. She took to her social media on Sunday and wrote, “A few months ago, a self-proclaimed Hindi film critic and journalist from Pakistan named @UmairSandu took to Twitter to make viral untrue horrific claims about me which included bizarre allegations like my relations with both my mentor Feroz Khan and his son Fardeen , in addition he made claims targeting me and my family’s safety and security even in Austria. My response to his harassment and fake claims from Pakistan went viral and garnered support from millions of Twitterati including Pakistani nationals who were appalled at his behaviour. The perpetrator changes his location on social media consistently but was hiding in Pakistan, as a result there of legal recourse was not possible for me and he continued to assault my character and modesty from across the border. I thereby took the matter to the National Commission Of Women in India.”
Filmmaker Feroz Khan gave Celina her big break alongside his son, Fardeen Khan, in their home production Janasheen, released in 2003.
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Celina Jaitly added, “For me it was not just a fight for the open assault on my character but also an assault on my integrity, my motherhood, my family and above all my God father and my beloved mentor Mr Feroz khan who is no longer in this world here to defend himself. He was my mentor, my friend my guide and I am eternally grateful for the love, respect and career he gave me. I am an Indian army war hero’s daughter and I was going to fight it till my last breath even if it meant going to Pakistan to teach this person a lesson.”
Celina has now received help from the National Commission of India and the Ministry of External Affairs. Celina told, “The Ministry views the incident with utmost seriousness and has raised the matter with Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi seeking an immediate investigation and action of the incident..”
“Thank you to all my friends, Indian army colleagues of my late father, amazing twitterati, the Indian media, press who showed unwavering support in my ordeal,” she said while expressing her gratitude.
Celina was very active in Bollywood in the 2000s. However, after her wedding to Austrian entrepreneur and hotelier Peter Haag, Celina quit her career and settled abroad. Celina is a proud mother of three boys.
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