Gangs of Wasseypur fame Piyush Mishra is a man of many talents. Over the years, the actor has wowed the audience with his versatile acting skills, and the dialogues he’s written and absolutely loved his music. Recently, Piyush revealed that he was sexually assaulted by a distant female relative when he was in the seventh standard.
Piyush reveals he was sexually assaulted
He often made headlines for his words and netizens believe that he pretty much sums up the dilemmas we all face. In his recently released autobiographical novel, Tumhari Auqaat Kya Hai Piyush Mishra, the actor opened up about the incident.
Talking about the incident, Piyush Mishra told news agency PTI that the incident left him shocked and gave him a ‘complex’ throughout his life.
He told the agency, “Sex is such a healthy thing that your first encounter with it should be good, otherwise it scars you for life, it disturbs you for life. That sexual assault gave me complex throughout my life and it took me a long time and several partners to come out of it.”
He further added, “I wanted to hide the identity of some people. Some of them are women and some are men who are now well-established in the film industry. I did not want to take revenge against anybody, or to hurt anyone.”
Talking about the book, it revolves around Piyush Mishra’s journey in the film industry and tracks his struggles to reach the place he is today. Throughout his journey, he won millions of hearts with his noted characters in films like Maqbool, Gulaal and Gangs of Wasseypur. Besides being an actor, Mishra is also the lyricist and singer of the music band Ballimaaraan.
For the unversed, Piyush Mishra had spent more than 20 years of his life in Delhi before he moved to Mumbai. According to media reports, he started a theatre group of his own after graduating from the National School of Drama. He was last seen in the web series Salt City and Illegal 2
