Huge Drama: Slap, molestation charges, fight in Rakhi Sawant's event

High drama and utter chaos prevailed at J W Mariott during the music launch of Rakhi Sawant starrer Mumbai Can Dance Saala when a certain aspiring actress and 'friend' of Rakhi, Manisha, slapped director Sachindra Sharma in full public view and accused him of casting couch while a bewildered audience looked on. The event which started late saw many known names in attendance including Kumar Mangat, Shakti Kapoor, Prashant Narayanan, Faisal Khan among others. Things started going awry the moment Rakhi Sawant stepped on stage where director Sachindra Sharma, leading lady Aashima and others were already present. Taking centerstage, Rakhi hammed up for a good 10 minutes boring the audience with her good-for-nothing quotes and air kisses. The moment she finished, out of nowhere emerged her 'friend' Manisha who barged onto the stage in an inebriated fashion and slapped Sachindra stunning the director and the crowd into silence. She then screamed at the top of her voice accusing the director of molesting and inappropriately touching her. Accusations and her voice soon grew louder and before anyone could blink, Manisha landed another tight slap on Sachindra's face. Sensing trouble, his family members and other friends moved swiftly and forced Manisha to get off the stage but the lady was not in a mood to leave before creating a through ruckus. Manisha then went about madly screaming in the five star hotel lobby telling anyone who cared to lend an ear as to how Sachindra allegedly slept with her in lieu of granting a role in the movie. She also accused him of making Rakhi do vulgar scenes in the name of acting and then editing out her portion. She however didn't have any valid proof on her person to prove her allegations. In the meantime, Sachindra's angry wife and teenage daughter confronted Manisha and nasty scuffle ensued where Manisha got slapped. By this time, Mariott's security guards, bouncers and female personnel swung into action and brought things under control after much struggle. Interestingly, both Rakhi and her 'friend' Manisha mysteriously vanished as soon as the fight ended and Sachindra continued with the music launch unperturbed. Some eyewitness who saw Manisha leave in a huff claim that post the drama the woman was smiling and in all probability scripted a publicity stunt either for her own self or for the movie in tacit understanding with Rakhi and others. Sachindra too looked in no big hurry to call the police or file a complaint. When we asked him, the director said, "I don't know the girl and this is nothing but a cheap publicity stunt by her. I wanted to finish the music launch. Post this, I will go and file a police complaint." It's a different story that Sachindra was shooting the breeze in Marriott till midnight. Publicity stunt or real drama? With Rakhi around, chances of the former look pretty high.