Kumbh Mela girl and actress Monalisa accuses director of 'misbehaving' with minors under pretense of movie roles

Monalisa, who became an overnight sensation during the 2025 Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, has sparked a major controversy following a high-stakes press conference in Kochi, Kerala. Accompanied by her husband, Farman, the viral star leveled grave allegations against an unnamed film director, accusing him of misbehaving with minor girls under the guise of offering movie roles. Beyond the harassment claims, Monalisa and Farman issued a desperate plea to the Central and Uttar Pradesh governments for protection, citing death threats and the burning of their posters.According to the PTI report, Monalisa and her husband held a press conference in Kochi, where she urged the central and state governments to help them because they have been receiving death threats. The young woman, accompanied by her husband, told reporters there that her posters were being burnt and they were receiving death threats from people. During the same time, Monalisa shared that a director was speaking ill of her and saying he would not cast her as an actress in his movies. She replied, "Who wants to be a part of his films? He is such a bad and disgusting person. He misbehaves with minor girls in the name of films. I am even ashamed to utter his name," she alleged. She said that in Hindi.During the press conference, Monalisa urged the central and Uttar Pradesh governments not to level false allegations against her husband regarding their marriage. She said, "We got married according to Hindu rites at a temple. Everyone in the country knows that. The director wishes that there should be terrorism and people should fight each other. He is calling our marriage a love-jihad. I respect all religions.""If any attempt is made to separate me from Farman (her husband), we will commit suicide. I cannot live without him. We love each other a lot," she said.The viral Kumbh Mela girl alleged that the filmmaker was unhappy with her marriage to Farman. Her husband chimed in, saying the director was branding him a "terrorist."Monalisa married her husband, Farman, a Muslim by religion, in Kerala, as her parents were against their relationship. The couple had arrived in Thiruvananthapuram recently in connection with a film shoot.