Bollywood personalities accused of rape and casting couch

Here is a list of Bollywood actors accused of rape and casting couch, that invited media attention:

1. Shiney Ahuja: Accused of raping an 18 year old maid on Sunday June 14' 2009Preliminary medical reports on the victim have proved positive. Shiney Ahuja claims that they had consensual sex but the medical reports show 'force' used on the victim. Read more here

2.Madhur Bhandarkar: Accused of 'casting couch' and rape. Prolific director Madhur Bhandarkar hit headlines in 2004 when a small-time actress of B-grade films, Preeti Jain accused the Madhur Bhandarkar of raping her 16 times. The director however got a clean chit in the case. It turned out that Preeti Jain was involved in a physical relationship with Bhandarkar, but when things didn't go her way, she cried 'rape'.

3.Aman Verma: He earned the tag 'naughty boy' of Bollywood after sting operation on him showed him propositioning to a woman and acting sleazy in the video that was shot through a hidden camera. Aman Verma protested that the video was misleading.

4. Shakti Kapoor: Shakti Kapoor found himself in big trouble when he was also caught in the sting operation from IndiaTV(the same channel caught Aman Verma too). This was not really rape, but an expose on the casting couch scandal. A visibly drunk Shakti Kapoor was seen proposing a girl of a career in films in exchange of sexual favors. He cited examples of top female actors of Bollywood who had gone through it. Shakti Kapoor too claimed that the video was fabricated.

5.Ramesh Bhatkar: Famous Marathi actor Ramesh Bhatkar found himself in trouble in a rape case in Pune. The industry was shocked because the actor had a squeaky clean character.

6. Aditya Panscholi: Actor Aditya Pancholi had consensual sex with his 15-year old maid after convincing her that he would help her to become an actress. Though it was consensual sex, it was actually rape as the maid was a minor. At that time, he was dating Pooja Bedi, who dumped him after finding out that the allegations were right.