As a part of India's #MeToo movement, TV actress Saloni Chopra & a female journalist named Karishma Upadhyay accused Farah Khan's brother & host-director Sajid Khan of sexual misconduct. Later, 'Ungli' actress Rachel White too accused Sajid Khan for sexual harassment & shared her story when he asked her to strip for him during a meeting. Ever since then, everyone was waiting for actor Akshay Kumar's reaction on the same as he is a part of Sajid Khan's next directorial venture 'Housefull 4'. And now, Bollywood's 'Khiladi' has finally reacted on the same.

Sajid Khan(Photo: Manav Manglani)

Akshay Kumar took to his Twitter account and revealed that he has asked the producers of 'Housefull 4' to cancel the film's shoot until further investigation in the sexual harassment controversy against director Sajid Khan. He further added that, he will not work with any proven offenders.

No woman should be subjected to any kind of misbehaviour: Big B finally speaks on #MeToo

Akshay Kumar (Photo: Web)

He wrote, "I've just landed back in the country last night and reading all the news has been very disturbing. I've requested the producers of Housefull 4 to cancel the shoot until further investigation. This is something that requires stringent action. I will not work with any proven offenders and all those who have been subjugated to harassment should be heard and given the justice they deserve."

Check out Akshay Kumar's Twitter post below:


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Sajid Khan is not the first celeb who has been accused of sexual misconduct. #MeToo in India started recently when actress Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of sexual harassment during the shoot of 2008 film 'Horn OK Please'. After which, other women too came forward and shared their harassment stories on social media and accused known names like Rajat Kapoor, Vikas Bahl, Alok Nath, Subhash Ghai among others.

Akshay-Sajid with 'Housefull 4' on the film's sets (Photo: Twitter)

Interestingly, Nana Patekar is also a part of Sajid Khan's 'Housefull 4' which also features Bobby Deol, Riteish Deshmukh, Kriti Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda, Pooja Hegde among others in pivotal roles.

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