Bollywood stands in support of Rajkumar Hirani after sexual harassment allegations

In the wake of sexual harassment allegations against Bollywood ace director Rajkumar Hirani, B-Town has voiced their support for ‘PK’ director, calling him one of the most decent personalities of Bollywood.

Actor Arshad Warsi, Circuit of Rajkumar Hirani’s Munna Bhai MBBS, says it is wrong to jump to conclusions. “I personally don’t like to jump to conclusions and pass my judgement and suddenly start looking at a person differently. I cannot do that, it’s not right to do that. What I feel about Raju? I think he is a fabulous gentleman. He is a lovely guy. My association with him is so long, and I have never seen one wrong thing about him,” he told IANS.

“I have never seen him behaving badly or doing anything incorrect. So, suddenly hearing this, you think, ‘How is this possible?’. I cannot say anything till it is all 100 per cent there. One cannot jump to a conclusion. It is not fair,” added the actor.

Producer Boney Kapoor, husband of late Sridevi, defended the filmmaker saying that RajKumar is too good a man to do something like this. “I don't believe this allegation. He can never do something like this,” he said.

Actor Sharman Joshi, who had worked with Rajkumar Hirani in the 2009 film ‘3 Idiots’, also extended his support to the director and tweeted, “Raju sir, is a man of immense integrity, character, honour, compassion and truthfulness, all the virtues one would imagine are non-existent in people today”.

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— Sharman Joshi (@TheSharmanJoshi) 14 January 2019

Veteran writer/lyricist Javed Akhtar said, “I had come to the film industry in 1965. After so many years, if I am asked who are the most decent people you met in this industry over almost 5 decades, perhaps the first name that will come to my mind is Raju Hirani”.

Karishma, who has worked with Hirani in ‘Sanju’ has also spoken about the ongoing sexual misconduct row. “I would like to say that whoever is trying to do it, is very immature. Someone like him, a veteran and a respectable director and producer like him, I cannot even think of it. Whoever is trying to put allegations they should not forget that there is an option called NO. You can't just put any false allegations, that is very immature”.

Rajkumar has directed super hit films such as Sanju, 3 Idiots, PK, 3 Idiots and the Munna Bhai series.