When the #MeToo movement began heating up in India in October 2018 following allegations on Nana Patekar and Sajid Khan amongst others, the industry remained majorly quiet. Now, when Rajkumar Hirani has come under the radar over sexual harassment allegations, support for him has started pouring in. We have seen Javed Akhtar defend the filmmaker apart from Boney Kapoor, Karishma Tanna, Dia Mirza, Arshad Warsi lending a word or two of support to him. Now, Raageshwari, too, has spoken up to defend him.

Raageshwari while talking to Times of India said that she has never met a man more decent than Raj Kumar Hirani in the film industry. "After knowing Raju for almost 20 years, I can safely say that he is amongst the most cultured, refined and peerless man I have met in the film industry. I’m not speaking as an actress cementing bonds, hence I speak with utmost honesty and with zero agenda here. I speak as a family friend and most importantly, as a woman.” she said. Twitterati is APPALLED As 'Sanju' Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani Accused of Sexual Misconduct.

If only similar vocal support had been extended to Tanushree Dutta we'd be having a better discussion. The jury is still out and will probably remain out forever on whether Hirani is a decent man or not. Rajkumar Hirani’s Name Removed As the Producer From Sonam Kapoor’s Film Over Sexual Harassment Allegations?

On the work front, Rajkumar Hirani delivered the biggest hit of 2019. The movie titled Sanju was a biopic on the life of controversial Bollywood actor, Sanjay Dutt. The filmmaker was going to make the third part of Munna Bhai films, as per some reports, next.

The allegations on him came to light when Firstpost published a detailed report. The victim had alleged that Hirani assaulted her in his office while working on the post-production of Sanju. She wrote an e-mail to Hirani and his close associate Vidhu Vinod Chopra making the allegations.

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