India's Me Too movement has exposed many prominent personalities from the entertainment industry. The latest one in the long list of sexual offenders is the Housefull director Sajid Khan. Now, Akshay Kumar has cancelled today’s shoot of the film, Housefull 4.

India's Me Too movement has exposed many prominent personalities from the entertainment industry. After a long wait of years, women are now coming out in open to narrate what they went through and are naming their sexual offenders. The latest one in the long list of sexual offenders is the Housefull director Sajid Khan who has been accused of sexual harassment by three women. Now, has followed 's footsteps and cancelled today’s shoot of the film, Housefull 4.

A source close to the production house told Hindustan Times, this decision has come post all the allegations that point toward Sajid and Nana Patekar. "Akshay is known to be a disciplinarian and has never cancelled a shoot in his 28 year- long career. This is the first time that he has decided to cancel a shoot, perhaps because the #metoo movement just can not be ignored.The allegations made against Sajid Khan and Nana Patekar are both serious and grave in nature," added the source.

Sajid Khan was first accused of sexual misconduct in a chilling post shared by his former assistant director Saloni Chopra. She has narrated an account of being repeatedly harassed and being subjected to misbehavior and abuse by Sajid Khan. She shared how he called her at odd hours and asked her to send bikini photos.

After Saloni, one of the journalists Karishma Upadhyay, on Twitter too narrated her tale of harassment by Sajid, who flashed his penis at her during the course of an interview. Speaking about it, she wrote, "The first time I interviewed Sajid Khan in the early 2000s, he called me to the house he shared w/ his sister. Thru the interview he talked about how large his penis is & how he knew how to satisfy a woman."

Another actress and model, Rachel White replied to Saloni Chopra’s account by sharing her interaction with Sajid Khan. She said that she was called by the director to his house and although uncomfortable, she went because he told her he lives with his mother. At his home, Sajid allegedly asked her to strip as he wanted to see how she looks in a bikini. He told her if she could seduce him in 5 mins, the role was hers.

In the last two weeks, since the time Tanushree Dutta came out with details of harassment she faced on the sets of a 2008 film, Horn OK Pleassss, at the hands of veteran actor Nana Patekar, many women have got the courage to speak up and share their ordeal in front of the whole world.

Credits :Hindustan Times

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