Chahat Fateh Ali Khan threatens legal action after Mathira accuses him of harassment

Singer Chahat Fateh Ali Khan has threatened legal action against television host Mathira after she revealed she was very uncomfortable during an interaction with him.

Khan recently appeared on Mathira’s talk show The 21mm Show, and posted a video on his Instagram where he was moving closer to the host while singing his popular song, Bado Badi, while she kept moving away. Khan also gave her a one-armed hug and held her arm repeatedly, despite her nervous laughter.

In a video titled "Mathira breaks silence on harassment by Chahat Fateh Ali Khan,” she spoke about the incident and said, "Whenever a guest comes to our show, I respect them and treat them with love and kindness, but making a video in this way was a very bad move. Being bold does not mean that anyone will see and hug me,"  Mathira said. 

"I was feeling very uncomfortable. This video was not made with our cameras, but by Chahat Fateh without permission. My team and I did not know that this video was made. The show's cameras are somewhere else, while this video was made from another spot, which is not allowed," she explained.

"As a woman, all this was painful because I do not do all these things to hug people," she remarked.

Chahat responded in a video posted on his Instagram account, stating that Mathira was speaking out against him when in "reality" she had pleaded for months that he appear on her show because it wasn’t doing well.

"During the interview, she asked how long it takes to complete the shoot for a song because I’ve released 52 songs and I told her I would show her after the show."

"When the show ended, during the photo session, my video shows that she came to me and put her arm around my waist. I straightened her and said pictures were taken facing the front."

He said the second video showed him demonstrating how his music videos were recorded and that Mathira "enjoyed it, laughed and couldn’t stop laughing."

Khan claimed that after the show was a hit and everything had happened, the host was accusing him of harassment, "which is a big accusation."

"I have spoken to my lawyers and will meet with another solicitor. I will take you to court. I did not harass you," he maintained.

He said Mathira was a respected senior artist, and despite her asking many questions on the show, he did not answer and kept laughing so the show could get coverage. "Later you made claims of harassment. This is injustice."

Khan also claimed that he always went to TV shows by himself, and "Your own worker, one of the cameramen, recorded the video and I got it from them. Everyone was filming. That someone was with me and recording a video secretly is a huge lie and allegation."