Who is Jani Master, Stripped of National Award on Rape Charges?
2024 • 3min • National
Informative
The National Film Awards Cell under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has revoked the National Film Award for Best Choreography for Choreographer Shaik Jani Basha, popularly known as Jani Master, following the filing of a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences or POCSO case against him. The decision comes a day after Baha had secured four days interim bail to attend the ceremony in Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on October 8th. A 21-year-old assistant choreographer alleged that the 42-year-old Tollywood choreographer had been harassing and sexually assaulted her over the past few years since she started working alongside him, during their outdoor shoots. When the assaults began, the accused was a minor, she alleged.