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EXCLUSIVE: Rajkumar Hirani sexual misconduct row: Director Abhishek Chaubey says it's distressing, upsetting
Rajkumar Hirani is accused of alleged sexual harassment by an assistant director of Sanju. In an interview with Pinkvilla, Sonchiriya director Abhishek Chaubey said that the culture of abuse needs to stop.
The Me Too movement in India, especially Bollywood has helped in exposing the sexual predators who exploited women and men in the film industry. The recent allegations of alleged sexual harassment are levied on director Rajkumar Hirani. An assistant director of his 2018 film Sanju accused him of allegedly sexually abusing her for 6 months. She had sent a detailed email to Hirani's partner Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
Bollywood celebs have not yet reacted to this allegations. Pinkvilla got a chance to interview Udta Punjab director Abhishek Chaubey and we asked him about the allegations on Hirani. In an EXCLUSIVE interview with Pinkvilla, regarding the allegations against Rajkumar Hirani, Abhishek said, "It's very distressing, upsetting when things like these happen. All I can say is that all the women who have been maltreated, have been abused emotionally and physically, they need to get justice. There is no two ways about it. As a film-maker, my support is with them and any help that can come from my side, I will be with them."
He added, "What is very shocking and disturbing is that when you see so many cases around you, what you realise is that there has been a culture of abuse. This culture of abuse needs to change. Men need to stop doing this. Whether they stop doing this because they become more understanding or they're stop doing this because they're afraid, doesn't matter. As long as they stop doing this, we as a fraternity should not support who has done something wrong."
Meanwhile, Rajkumar Hirani has denied all the allegations. Vidhu Vinod Chopra has dropped his name as the producer of the upcoming film Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga which stars Anil Kapoor, Sonam K Ahuja, Rajkummar Rao and Juhi Chawla.
