Amardeep Jha On Rajkumar Hirani’s #MeToo Allegations: I Have Lost My Mental Peace
Director Rajkumar Hirani has been accused of sexual misconduct and abuse by a female crew member while working on the biopic Sanju. Veteran actress Amardeep Jha reacted to this.
Director
Rajkumar
Hirani
was
just
a
few
hours
earlier
hit
with
#MeToo
allegations
and
it
is
sending
shockwaves
across
the
Hindi
film
industry.
A
female
crew
member
who
worked
on
the
movie
'Sanju'
has
accused
the
3
Idiots
filmmaker
of
sexually
abusing
her
between
March
2018
and
September
2018,
while
working
on
the
biopic.
Veteran
actress
Amardeep
Jha
is
shocked
by
these
developments
and
said
that
she
has
lost
her
mental
peace
ever
since.
In
an
interview
with
Bollywood
life,
actress
Amardeep
Jha,
who
worked
with
Rajkumar
Hirani
in
3
Idiots
as
well
as
PK
had
some
thoughts
to
share
on
Hirani
being
accused
of
sexual
misconduct.
"I'm
shocked.
I
cannot
even
believe
this.
He
was
a
man
whom
I
used
to
look
up
to.
On
the
sets,
he
used
to
be
like
a
walking
angel.
With
utmost
positivity,
he
used
to
treat
everyone
equally
on
the
sets.
I
have
only
interacted
with
him
on
the
sets
and
what
I
know
of
him
as
a
person,
this
comes
as
a
major
shocker.
I
cannot
even
dream
about
it,"
she
said.
"After
hearing
the
news
I
have
lost
my
mental
peace.
This
is
something
that
will
be
running
in
my
head
for
so
long," she
added.
Amardeep
Jha
does
not
want
to
make
any
judgements
on
the
woman
who
has
accused
Rajkumar
Hirani,
but
she
personally
believes
that
he
could
not
have
done
this.
"I
cannot
pass
any
judgements
on
the
girl
but
I
strongly
believe
he
cannot
do
this.
You
can
totally
understand
what
is
running
in
someone's
head.
He
never
even
passed
any
lewd
comments
or
made
crass
jokes
on
the
sets," she
said.
She
hopes
whoever
is
innocent
should
get
justice.
"I
don't
know
the
girl
and
I'm
no
one
to
pass
any
judgements.
But
I
really
hope
and
pray
that
whosoever
is
the
innocent
his/her
truth
should
be
out
and
should
get
justice."
As
reported
by
HuffPost,
a
woman
who
was
a
crew-member
on
Sanju
had
accused
Rajkumar
Hirani
of
sexual
assault
and
abuse
on
more
than
one
occasion.
In
an
email
dated
November
3rd,
2018,
the
woman
wrote
to
Sanju's
co-producer
Vidhu
Vinod
Chopra
,
"I
remember
forming
these
words
on
my
lips
-
"Sir.
This
is
wrong...Because
of
this
power
structure.
You
being
the
absolute
power
and
me
being
a
mere
assistant,
a
nobody
-
I
will
never
be
able
to
express
myself
to
you."
She
also
marked
Chopra's
wife
Anupama,
who
is
the
director
of
the
Mumbai
Film
Festival,
and
scriptwriter
Abhijat
Joshi,
who
has
scripted
most
of
Hirani's
movies.
Rajkumar
Hirani
has
denied
the
allegations
in
a
statement
saying,
"I
was
completely
shocked
when
these
allegations
were
brought
to
my
notice
about
two
months
back.
I
had
suggested
immediately
that
it
is
essential
to
take
this
matter
to
any
committee
or
any
legal
body.
The
complainant
has
chosen
to
go
to
the
media
instead.
I
want
to
very
strongly
state
that
this
is
a
false
malicious
and
mischievous
story
being
spread
with
the
sole
intention
of
destroying
my
reputation,"
reported
NDTV.