Rajkumar
Hirani
was
the
latest
in
the
Hindi
film
industry
to
be
accused
of
sexual
misconduct
and
abuse
in
a
series
of
MeToo
allegations
having
been
made
against
various
people
in
the
course
of
the
last
few
months.
A
female
crew
member
who
worked
on
the
sets
of
the
biopic
Sanju
accused
Rajkumar
Hirani
of
sexual
abuse
on
more
than
one
occasion
between
March
2018
and
September
2018.
Actor
Sharman
Joshi
took
to
Twitter
to
respond
to
these
allegations
in
defense
of
Rajkumar
Hirani.
Sharman
Joshi
took
to
Twitter
and
posted
the
following
-
"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,
someone
I
am
absolutely
inspired
by
and
have
learnt
from
and
because
of
whom
I
believe
I
have
gone
onto
being
a
better
person,
all
I
want
to
say
Sir
is
that
this
too
shall
pass
and
I
can
imagine
how
demeaning
it
might
be
to
even
stand
up
for
yourself
in
a
situation
such
as
this."
He
also
tweeted,"#IStandForRajuHirani"
(sic).
Rajukmar
Hirani
had
responded
to
these
allegations
on
Sunday.
In
a
statement
he
had
said,
"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."