Hirani accused of sex abuse
The alleged victim said the famed director abused her over a six-month period
Acclaimed Bollywood director Rajkumar Hirani, behind well-known movies such as 3 Idiots and PK, has been accused of sexual assault.
The alleged victim said Hirani abused her over a six-month period, during the post-production work of his last film Sanju, the biopic of actor Sanjay Dutt, according to Huffington Post India.
“I remember forming these words on my lips — ‘Sir. This is wrong... Because of this power structure. You being the absolute power and me being a mere assistant, a nobody — I will never be able to express myself to you,’” the woman wrote of an April 9 incident in the email to Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Bollywood producer and Hirani’s frequent collaboratior. “My mind, body and heart were grossly violated that night and for the next six months.”
HuffPost India said it has reviewed the email and spoken to the woman who made the complaint.
Hirani has responded to the news site through his lawyer Anand Desai and denied the allegations.
“Our client states that the allegations made against him are false, mischievous, scandalous, motivated and defamatory,” Desai told HuffPost India in an email.