Kubbra Sait Reveals Being Sexually Abused By Her Uncle At 17, Says, 'He Kept Repeating It Until I..'

Actress and host, Kubbra Sait has won us over with her honest and raw portrait of ‘Kuchoo’ in the popular Netflix series, Sacred Games. Apart from this, Kubbra had also stepped her foot into Bollywood films and had made a mark with movies like Sultan, Ready and City Of Life. Now, the actress opened up about one of the darkest phases of her life when she was a target of sexual abuse by one of her close relatives. 

The Bollywood industry has changed a lot since the ‘MeeToo’ movement. From popular celebrities opening up about the sexual assaults they had faced in the past to them asking for justice, unwavering voices from every field have started to come forth. Only recently, Kubbra Sait in her new book, Open Book: Not Quite A Memoir talked about the sexual abuse she had faced as a teenager by her ‘uncle’. She also revealed how she had suffered the abuse in silence at a young age to save her family from getting ‘destroyed’. 

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Kubbra Sait came up with her memoir, Open Book: Not Quite A Memoir, where the actress made some shocking revelations and confessed how she was a victim of sexual abuse at the mere age of 17. In the book, the actress addressed her assaulter as ‘X’. Recalling the ‘greatest tragedy' of her life, Kubra mentioned that she used to visit a Bangalore restaurant with her family on a regular basis. Soon, the owner became close to her and her brother, Danish Sait. He also started helping her mother with her ‘financial woes’. She talked about the horrible time when that ‘uncle’ had started frequently visiting their home, assaulting her while she had no option other than keeping it a secret. In her words: 

 “When Mumma sighed at the reprieve that cash provided, I sighed too. Just then, a hand slid to the back seat of the car where I was sitting and slid up my dress. X, who was no longer my uncle, smiled as he rubbed my thigh. I was numb in that moment… He started frequenting our home, and Mumma would laugh with and cook for him. In front of her, he would kiss my cheek and say, ‘Oh my Kubrati, you’re my favourite little one’. Although uncomfortable, I kept quiet.”

Further, in the book, Kubbra mentioned the assault and revealed that her ‘uncle’ had taken her to a hotel and had tried to have an intimate relationship with her. As Kubbra was shocked and disguised by the incident, she was struggling to utter a word. She wrote:

 “This was not supposed to happen, but it was happening. I should have screamed, but I could not. I should have run for help, but I was shell-shocked. The kiss grew. He convinced me it was what I wanted, that it would make me feel better. He kept repeating it until I felt deafened, and then he unbuckled his trousers. I was unsure of what exactly was happening, but I remember thinking, I am losing my virginity. It was a big deal, but it was also my shameful secret.”

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In her book, the actress further wrote about that ‘uncle’ who was an already married man and had a child. She stated that the man had grown like a virus in their home and he would stop taking her mother’s phone call if she would resist against the unwanted touches of him. According to Kubbra, her mother was not aware of the abuse and would scold her daughter for supposedly fighting with X when he had refused to help the Sait family financially. 

We wish more power to Kubbra!

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