Actor Piyush Mishra recently opened up about a traumatic incident from his early life, when he was sexually assaulted by a female relative around 50 years ago. He has referred to the incident that happened when he was in the seventh standard, in his autobiographical novel ‘Tumhari Auqaat Kya Hai Piyush Mishra.’
In an interview, Piyush said that although the incident deeply impacted his life, he never wanted to take “revenge” on that person. He said, “Sex is such a healthy thing that your first encounter with it should be good, otherwise, it scars you for life, it disturbs you for life. That sexual assault gave me complex throughout my life and it took me a long time and several partners to come out of it. I wanted to hide the identity of some people. Some of them are women, and some men who are now well established in the film industry. I did not want to take revenge against anybody, or to hurt anyone.”
His book narrates his decades-long journey into the Indian film industry and his numerous struggles and hardships before getting recognition among audiences. He said, ”I wanted to write a novel for a long time, but now it is out of the way. I don't want to stay as a music director, neither do I want to sing. I don't want to just act... Now, I have film direction on my mind. That is something I want to explore. Let's see when that happens.”
Known as an actor, singer, and composer, Piyush's autobiography is narrated through the character of Santap Trivedi, or Hamlet, as he was known in his alma mater, the National School of Drama (NSD). In the book, Piyush also talks about his interest in acting and theatre; even though his father pressured him to pursue a career in medical science, he eventually dropped out and decided to join NSD at the age of 20.