Farhan Akhtar To Amrita Puri: I Deeply Resent Your Insinuation That Me Or My Family Knew Of Sajid Khan’s Behaviour Yet Did Nothing
Not just that, Farhan Akhtar's girlfriend Shibani Dandekar too has been defending the actor on Twitter, after multiple users lashed out at him. Read on
Sajid Khan was called out for sexual misconduct by his
former assistant, Saloni Chopra. Post that Rachel White and Bipasha Basu too
spoke about his misbehaviour. The filmmaker’s sister, Farah Khan and cousin
Farhan Akhtar confessed that they are ‘heartbroken’ after these allegations.
However, Aisha actress has gone ahead to say that it comes as a surprise that
Sajid’s family knew nothing about his misdoings.
She wrote, "It was fairly well known that @SimplySajidK is a creep and is completely inappropriate as far as his conduct with women goes. I was warned to stay away from him if I ever came across him. I refuse to believe that it has come as a surprise to ppl from the industry or his family (sic)."
It was fairly well known that @SimplySajidK is a creep and is completely inappropriate as far as his conduct with women goes. I was warned to stay away from him if I ever came across him. I refuse to believe that it has come as a surprise to ppl from the industry or his family.
— Amrita Puri (@_Amrita_Puri) October 12, 2018
Farhan reverted by saying, "I deeply resent your
insinuation that me or my family knew of his behaviour yet did nothing. Your
anger is justified. Your conspiracy theories not. @_Amrita_Puri (sic)."
I deeply resent your insinuation that me or my family knew of his behaviour yet did nothing. Your anger is justified. Your conspiracy theories not. @_Amrita_Puri https://t.co/MCLptZioWR
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) October 13, 2018
Amrita was unaware of Farhan being related to Sajid. She took to social media to apologize later. She wrote, "My tweet was not directed to you. Are you related? Pardon my ignorance. Also it’s not fair to generalise as I did. My apologies. However @SimplySajidK’s misconducts were fairly well known. I’m surprised that it’s come as a shock (sic).
My tweet was not directed to you. Are you related? Pardon my ignorance. Also it’s not fair to generalise as I did. My apologies. However @SimplySajidK’s misconducts were fairly well known. I’m surprised that it’s come as a shock.
— Amrita Puri (@_Amrita_Puri) October 13, 2018
Not just Farhan, even his girlfriend Shibani Dandekar is
on a mission on Twitter to tell people that the family didn't know anything
about Sajid's actions and they should not be shamed just for being a part of
his family. Shibani's first post on the matter read, "Instead of holding
the culprit responsible for gross misconduct are we really blaming and shaming
family members for not knowing???? really?? (sic)."
Instead of holding the culprit responsible for gross misconduct are we really blaming and shaming family members for not knowing???? really??
— shibani dandekar (@shibanidandekar) October 13, 2018
When a user reverted by saying, "Not in all the
cases, We do know such as in the case of vikhas behl that his fellow partners
knew and stayed (sic)," Shibani once again
defended Farhan by saying, "I’m speaking about one particular person who
has been accused of knowing and HE DIDNT!!! (sic)."
I’m speaking about one particular person who has been accused of knowing and HE DIDNT!!! https://t.co/J7j1CJWWXh
— shibani dandekar (@shibanidandekar) October 13, 2018
When another user wrote, "We ARE holding the culprit
responsible.But the leech of that standard has been going around for decades
assaulting women and the family turns a blind eye. How fair is it. Do you
really want us to believe NO ONE in the family knew.Complicity at best!
(sic)," Shibani wrote, "turns a blind eye?? wow that’s hell of an accusation..
HE DIDNT KNOW plain and simple .. had no clue... the second he heard he spoke
up.. that is his truth no matter how much we discuss it, it won’t change
(sic)."
turns a blind eye?? wow that’s hell of an accusation.. HE DIDNT KNOW plain and simple .. had no clue... the second he heard he spoke up.. that is his truth no matter how much we discuss it, it won’t change https://t.co/gHvCUIqwMV
— shibani dandekar (@shibanidandekar) October 13, 2018
Moving on, another netizen said, "If @FarOutAkhtar
really didnt know, can he may be sit back,pause for a second and introspect how
he didnt know inspite of growing old together.being a http://brother.how
the girls must be facing the trauma for years and years.and you cant be held
accountable for 2 days? (sic)." Shibani reverted, "He can’t be held
accountable for something he didn’t do or know of .. we need to focus on the
girls and stop with the blame (sic)."
He can’t be held accountable for something he didn’t do or know of .. we need to focus on the girls and stop with the blame https://t.co/IijmjxMI3O
— shibani dandekar (@shibanidandekar) October 13, 2018
A user wrote, "Instead of tweeting about culprit and
critisizing him, you are tweeting about people tweeting about family members ??
Really ?? What's worse ? (sic)." Shibani retorted and wrote, "I do
not support dragging innocent people through this .. focus on the ones who
should be held accountable (sic)."
I do not support dragging innocent people through this .. focus on the ones who should be held accountable https://t.co/0wJpdPaqhj
— shibani dandekar (@shibanidandekar) October 14, 2018
Lastly, a user opined, "I do not see a single tweet
from you shaming the culprits. Surely the culprits are worse than those who are
dragging innocent people. (sic)." Shibani fought back by writing, "so
does that mean I support the behaviour of the culprit?? absolutely not .. it is
horrific! don’t paint everyone with the same brush is what i’m saying .. leave
the innocent and focus on the guilty (sic)."
so does that mean I support the behaviour of the culprit?? absolutely not .. it is horrific! don’t paint everyone with the same brush is what i’m saying .. leave the innocent and focus on the guilty https://t.co/SXOI4T39Eh
— shibani dandekar (@shibanidandekar) October 14, 2018
Coming to talk of the Sajid Khan scandal, he has stepped
down from the post of director of Housefull 4. He has been replaced by Fahad
Samji, who directed Housefull 3. Akshay Kumar, the lead actor of the film,
cancelled shoot after accusations against Sajid Khan came out.
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