The #MeToo movement in Bollywood caused the downfall of many eminent celebrities as more and more women are opening up on their harassment stories. Celebs like Nana Patekar, Alok Nath, Sajid Khan, Subhash Ghai and many more faced the brunt for their escapades, a number of them were also asked to step back from the projects they were handling, one of them being director Subhash Kapoor.
As soon as news of sexual harassment allegations on Subhash Kapoor who was to direct the ‘Mogul’ was out, Aamir Khan who was co-producing the movie with Bhushan Kumar had walked out of the Gulshan Kumar biopic.
Aamir Khan issued a joint statement with his wife Kiran Rao and wrote, “As creative people, we have been committed to foregrounding and finding solutions to social issues, and at Aamir Khan Productions we have always had a zero tolerance policy towards sexual misconduct and predatory behavior of any kind. We strongly condemn any act of sexual harassment, and equally, we condemn any and all false accusations in such cases. We do not want our action to reflect in any manner on the people involved in this case. We believe that this is an opportunity for the film industry to introspect and take concrete steps towards change. For too long, women have faced the brunt of sexual exploitation. It has to stop. In this regard, we are committed to doing any and everything to make our film industry a safe and happy one to work in.”
Not only Aamir Khan even Bhushan Kumar the head honcho of T-Series decided not to work with the director. Speaking in his defence, Subhash said that while he understands and respects Aamir and Kiran’s decision, he intends to prove his innocence in the court of law.
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Reports a source to Mumbai Mirror, “As Subhash Kapoor has stepped out of the project, Aamir Khan is once again back on board as this project is quite close to his heart, he has been having a number of meetings with Bhushan Kumar and the two have decided to once again join hands to make Mogul. They are at present looking out for a new director and also finalizing the remaining cast for the biopic.”
Buzz is, the 53-year-old actor could play Gulshan Kumar himself.
