Farhan Akhtar on Cousin Sajid Khan Accused of Sexual Harassment: If I Did Know I Would’ve Spoken About It Way Before the Story Broke

Farhan Akhtar was among the first ones to raise his voice against the predators in Bollywood when Sajid Khan's name in the #MeToo controversy came into light. Not just him, some of the imminent personalities from Bollywood including the likes of Nana Pattekar, Alok Nath, Luv Ranjan, Anu Malik, Vikas Bahl, Subhash Ghai, Kailash Kher and many more. Farah Khan expressed how shocked and shaken the family was after Sajid's name was involved. Farhan Akhtar too, was taken aback when the news of his cousin being accused of sexual harassment and disrespectful behaviour towards women came out. Farhan Akhtar Bumped Into Girlfriend Shibani Dandekar in Delhi and Who Are They Kidding!

Talking more about the same, in an interaction with PTI, Farhan said, "If I did know I would've spoken about it way before the story broke. There was this certain guilt about that. How could this be going on and I had no idea? So there were conflicted emotions." He added further saying, "It was surprise, disappointment and strangely, because when it's a member of your family, you also feel a certain level of guilt. It's happened to all of us in the past when we hear something like this and say 'but how come someone so close to him didn't know."

Farhan is going to be seen next in The Sky Is Pink which also stars Priyanka Chopra and Zaira Waseem.

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