Khan says no one dares misbehave on his sets

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan says nobody has dared to misbehave with a woman on his film sets.

The actor, who was feted with a Crystal Award at the World Economic Forum summit in Davos, along with Hollywood celebrities Cate Blanchett and Elton John, spoke to BBC World News at length on gender equality in Bollywood and the cultural differences in India.

In the midst of the raging debate over sexual misconduct allegations against powerful men in Hollywood, Khan was asked if he has witnessed sexual misconduct in the Hindi film industry.

“At a level when I’m making films or working in films, we are very clear about the attitude to women.

“Even the smallest aspects, of the names coming first in title — which is not going to do anything — but the kind of respectability,” Khan said on HARDtalk.

“I have never personally first hand, and nobody, if I may say, nobody dared misbehave with a woman on my set, I am very clear on that,” he added. Shah Rukh receives a Crystal Award from Hilde Schwab, Chairwoman and CoFounder of the World Arts Forum in Davos.