CHRISANN PEREIRA – BOLLYWOOD (SADAK 2) – DRUG CASE
Recent news about a Bollywood actress being released from jail was all over the internet. Many don’t know the story behind her arrest and some don’t even know who she is; so, let us dig into that.
The actress in the news is Chrisann Pereira from Bollywood. Not only an actor she also earned fame as a model, street dancer, and character artist. She just started earning her name in Bollywood when something unexpected happened.
In April 2023, UAE police arrested Chrisann Pereira in the UAE’s Sharjah International Airport. She was taken into custody under the crime of ‘drug trafficking’. The actress’s bag contained a trophy filled with ganja (marijuana) and that led to her arrest.
Chrisann was born in Mumbai in 1996 on October 15. Chrisann completed her education by pursuing a Bachelor in Mass Communication and Media Studies at the H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai. Following her bachelor’s study, she also did a certificate course in acting for one year at The Drama School, Mumbai.
While Chrisann Pereira was in her one-year acting course in 2017 she started her career as a theatre artist; the actress’s debut was a role in a theatre play titled ‘Three Women’ which was written and directed by Isheeta Ganguly. She cast many more Hindi theatre plays like The Drum Roll, A Fistful of Rupees, and Innocence.
After two years as a theatre artist, she entered the Bollywood in 2019. Her first film in Bollywood was ‘Batla House’ in which she cast a role as Nandita’s parlor friend. She also appeared in Alia Bhatt’s ‘Sadak 2’ movie; Chrisann was seen as Naina Das in this movie.
In 2019 itself she appeared as Kavita in a Hindi web series in MX Player titled ‘Thinkistan’. And again in 2022, she appeared in an Amazon Mini series – ‘Murder of Agonda’. She was also seen in multiple music videos; some of them are ‘Haaye Pina Colada Blues’ from 2022, and ‘Where the Wind Blows’ from 2023.
Apart from acting in movies and series she also modeled for some brands and was seen in TV commercials for Vivo, H&M, Myntra, and Truly Madly. Her career was taking off and she was getting her way through everything but then in the month of April 2023, she was dragged into a controversy.
Chrisann Pereira was arrested by the UAE police at the Sharjah International Airport under allegations of drug trafficking. She was accused of being a drug peddler for Ravi Rattesar’s international drug racket; Ravi Rattesar is an absconding drug dealer in India.
After her arrest, she was taken to the Central Jail of Sharjah where she spent her imprisonment. On 27 April she was released after being proven innocent.
According to statements made by Chrisann’s family, it was said that the actress was manipulated and framed in the case and the actor is a victim of the trafficking. They also shared that she was tricked by a man named Ravi who approached them saying he would cast her in an international web series and that they are calling from his talent agency.
Ravi reportedly took care of all the meetings with the actress and after a few meetings, the actress was asked to go attend her auditions which are scheduled in Dubai. The actress was all set to board the flight when she was asked to meet at a nearby coffee shop where she was handed a trophy by the accused.
The accused gave her a trophy and said that it is a part of the play that she will be doing at the auditions. The actress carried the trophy with her and at the airport, the mystery of the trophy was revealed. The trophy was stuffed with Ganja (Marijuana) which is an illegal substance and the fact that she had it with her while traveling, put her in trouble. And that’s what sent her to jail in UAE.
The case was taken to court and it was revealed that she was indeed tricked into this by a guy named Antony Paul who developed a grudge against the actress and her family following an incident in the past.
The past incident mentioned by them was when Antony visited Chrisann’s house where he was barked at by the actress’s dog to which he reacted aggressively by trying to hit the dog with a chair. After that, Chrisann’s mother who didn’t like the way he reacted insulted him which made Antony burn with rage. And that was when he decided to teach the family a lesson.
In the investigation, it was revealed that Antony and Ravi also tricked others in the same way just to settle personal scores. And finally, Chrisann was set free, but the actress is still very disturbed and traumatized by what had happened and was seen crying in a recent video
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