Bollywood

‘I Was Eight When My Father…’, South Actress Khushbu Sundar Opens Up On Getting Sexually Abused!

By Fakeha

March 06, 2023

South actress Khushbu Sundar is quite busy with her new career as a politician. She has recently joined as a member of the National Commission for Women. While talking about the same in a latest interview at ‘We the Women’ event, Khushbu has made a shocking disclosure. She has made a serious allegation against the father. The actress has claimed that her father abused her sexually and physically when she was 8 years old.

Father abused at the age of 8

In conversation with Barkha Dutt for Mojo Story, Khushbu said, “I think when a child is abused, it gives him or her the scars for his entire life. My mother went through the most abusive marriage. She lived with a man who probably thought it was his birthright to beat his wife, beat his children, sexually abuse his only daughter. I was only 8 years old when I was abused by him and when I was 15 years old, I gathered the courage to speak against it.”

Rebelled against father at the age of 15

Furthermore, Khushbu said that there came a time when she had to take a stand as she kept mouth shut for years fearing abuse from other family members. She quoted , “The one fear that stayed with me was that my mother might not believe me because I saw her in an environment with a ‘no matter what happens my husband is a god’ mentality. But at the age of 15 I thought enough was enough and I started rebelling against my father. I was not even 16 when he had he left us and we didn’t have anything.”

Khushbu Sundar started her career with ‘The Burning Train’

Khushbu said that she had a difficult childhood but eventually she faced tough phase with courage. She began her career with the Bollywood film ‘The Burning Train’ and soon became a popular face in the South Indian film industry. She joined politics in 2010.

Khushbu Sundar was last seen in a full-fledged role in 2021 film Annaatthe alongside Rajinikanth. She made a cameo in Thalapathy Vijay’s Varisu recently.