Kolkata's Quest Mall denies entry to director Ashish Avikunthak for wearing 'Dhoti-Kurta'
Last year, Kolkata's Mocambo restaurant faced a huge backlash for allegedly preventing a cabby from entering the eatery as his dress did not meet the restaurant's 'standard'.
Bengali actress Debleena Sen, who was accompanying Ashish Avikunthak that time, filmed the entire episode on her mobile phone and later she expressed her anger through a Facebook post.
Besides posting two videos and an image she clicked that time, Debleena Sen described the entire incident they witnessed at Quest Mall on Saturday morning.
"A man wearing a dhoti and kurta was not allowed to enter Quest Mall in Kolkata today. Apparently wearing dhoti or lungi isn't allowed in this particular mall anymore," Debleena wrote on her Facebook wall.
Describing the incident, she wrote: "The guards outside stopped him and confirmed with someone over the Walky-talky and then let him enter only because the man in question argued in ENGLISH. When inside we approached the management team there and the man clearly stated that they DO NOT ALLOW people wearing dhoti and lungi to enter."
Debleena alleged that the mall's manager tried to prevent her from shooting the incident.
"Further more when the manager of the place ( some woman) came in and sat down to talk asked me strictly that I cannot video record anything even though I clearly have the right to record anything in a public space," the actress wrote on social media.
Hours after Debleena Sen shared the matter on Facebook, it became viral and the post has been shared by more than 1200 people so far.
However, no reaction has been received from the Quest Mall authority so far.
Quest Mall is a four-year-old luxurious shopping complex developed by the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group and its located at Beckbagan area near Park Circus Seven Point crossing in south part of the city.
Earlier in September, 2016, Dilashi Hemnani, Marketing Manager at Tata Motors, posted a status on Facebook claiming that Mocambo, a 60-year-old popular fine dining restaurant in Kolkata's Park Street area, prevented her driver from entering the restaurant for not wearing well cloths.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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