Mumbai, February 25 Actress Konkona Sen Sharma, who is eagerly awaiting the release of her upcoming streaming movie ‘Accused’, has spoken about the importance of highlighting untold stories.
‘Accused’ tells the story of a woman who is alleged to have sexually harassed a victim. The actress spoke with IANS during the film's promotion, and shared how the film subverts the typical narrative.
She told IANS, “It’s such an unusual premise where we usually don't see women as the accused. We usually see them as the accuser or the victim or survivor. We rarely see this. Of course, I think statistically, it's usually men who are the perpetrators. Let's not forget that. But it does happen with women as well.”
She further added, “It’s always nice to shed light on untold stories because there’s one narrative that’s out there, which we’re all aware of. But the flip side of the coin, we rarely examine. So it was very interesting for me to have that as the backdrop to examine the power dynamics between women in the workplace, women in positions of power. The power dynamics between two women in a relationship, and how something like this affects them, and how their lives unfold.”
“So it’s really an exploration of that. And it’s about someone who isn’t always likable, and someone who is a little grey. Ultimately, it’s confronting us as viewers and our biases. When you’re accusing a woman of sexual harassment, it’s such a rare thing that, you know, we usually tend to believe the woman. But here, in this case, that’s just complicated a little further because of the nature of her job, the nature of the relationship, there’s also a large age gap between these two, which is very common in heterosexual couples. But we haven’t actually seen that on screen as much. So all of these factors were very novel for me, and very interesting,” she added.
‘Accused’ will be available on Netflix on February 27, 2026.
