Amid MeToo Allegations, Rajkumar Hirani Gets Nominated For Filmfare Awards; Faces Wrath Of Netizens
. In a latest update, Rajkumar Hirani has been nominated in the Best Director category at the upcoming Filmfare Awards for Sanju and it seems netizens are anything but happy! Here’s how they reacted…
In
January,
Rajkumar
Hirani
got
accused
of
sexual
assault
by
a
woman
who
worked
with
him
on
his
film,
Sanju.
Though,
he
has
denied
the
allegations,
terming
them
'false
and
malicious'
and
aimed
at
destroying
his
reputation.
The
woman
had
said
that
on
April
9,
2018,
the
director
first
passed
a
sexually
suggestive
remark
to
her
and
later
sexually
assaulted
her
at
his
home-office.
In
a
latest
update,
Rajkumar
Hirani
has
been
nominated
in
the
Best
Director
category
at
the
upcoming
Filmfare
Awards
for
Sanju
and
it
seems
netizens
are
anything
but
happy!
Here's
how
they
reacted...
Anshul
गुप्ता@niSHULk_opinion
"So,
@filmfare
has
nominated
@RajkumarHirani
even
when
he
has
sexual
harassment
allegations
against
him
and
@MumbaiFilmFest
dropped
@anuragkashyap72
's
Short
film
which
had
no
connection
with
Phantom
or
Vikas
Bahl.
Such
boot-lickers
@jiteshpillaai
@raghuvendras."
[sic]
Maha@MaahaRS
"Wtf!!!!!!!
Rajkumar
Hirani
for
best
director!!!"
[sic]
AB@Abhisingh183
"Filmfare
nominated
Rajkumar
Hirani
for
best
director!
F**K
YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
[sic]
LoveYouGlennClose@vedant123
"Despite
everything
their
audacity
to
nominate
Rajkumar
Hirani.
@filmfare
is
a
sellout
and
bonafide
trash!"
[sic]
What's
your
thought
on
this
entire
fiasco?
Do
let
us
know
in
the
comments
section
below!
For
the
unversed,
Hirani
had
issued
an
official
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,"
Hirani
said
in
a
statement.