Updated On: 03 April, 2025 10:29 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Dabba Cartel actress Anjali Anand recalled a traumatising childhood experience when she was assualted by her dance teacher. She was just 8 when he kissed her on the lips

Anjali Anand
Actress Anjali Anand is known for her role on Netflix series 'Dabba Cartel', Sony LIV series 'Raat Jawan Hai' and the film 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani'. She recently shared a traumatic episode from her childhood where she was assaulted by her dance teacher from the age of 8 to 14. She also revealed that it was her first boyfriend who helped her out.
In a conversation wit Hauterrfly, Anjali recalled her childhood episode where her dance teacher under the pretense of being a father figure misbehaved with her. She said that it happened right after her father had passed away. "I didn't know what to do. I was eight, just after my dad passed. He told me, ‘I am your dad,’ and I believed him because I didn't know any better. Then he started very slowly—he gave me a peck on my lips and said, ‘It is what dads do.’" she recalled.