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#MeToo Movement: After Saloni Chopra, Rachel White narrates her horror tale about Sajid Khan on social media
Image: Rachel White Twitter page

#MeToo Movement: After Saloni Chopra, Rachel White narrates her horror tale about Sajid Khan on social media

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 12 Oct 2018, 03:36 pm

Mumbai, Oct 12 (IBNS): After Saloni Chopra, another actress- Rachel White - has revealed her nightmarish experience of meeting director Sajid Khan in the past.

Rachel recounted her tale of horror and said Sajid had asked her to seduce him for five minutes if she wanted to grab a role in her movie.

Rachel extended her support to Saloni Chopra and in a series of tweets revealed her story.

The actress said: " I believe you @redheadchopra I was sent by my agency then to meet Sajid Khan during Humshakals. Right after my agency told me about the meeting Sajid called me within the next 5 mins and said the meeting would be at his house opp iskon Juhu.  "

She then said: "I said I was not comfortable meeting at home and to that he said 'don’t worry I live with my mom and she’ll be around' I felt reassured and agreed. When I went to his house the maid directed me to his room and the drawing room was empty!! It was his bedroom."

The actress continued: "I stood like an idiot in one corner of the bedroom wondering where to sit and he was on one side on the treadmill. I clearly rem this episode. When he saw me walk in he goes “pls come this side” all smiling . I walk up towards the treadmill . He was directly staring down at me."

She said: "I was in a white vest and blue denims and still felt I was standing nude with that gaze. What happens next is that he finishes his cardio and walks up to me asking me about my b***s and making that kind of conversation. I didn’t bother to answer to anything."

The actress claimed that the director even asked her to strip because there were bikini scenes in the film.

She said : " After that he asks me to strip for him bcoz there were scenes in a bikini and he needed to see how I looked. I replied saying 'there are pics of me in bikinis sent to u,I think that should good for u' n wen he insisted I said “I’m ready to parade ur office in a binkini nt at home." 

"Finally he goes 'listen no one has a problem with these things' (and obviously named people) and that if I could seduce him in 5 mins the role was mine. How this ended was me saying that I didn’t come mentally prepared for this and I left his house!" she said.

Saloni shares her story:

Sajid has been accused by actress Saloni Chopra on Twitter.

Revealing her experience, Saloni tweeted, "I finally decided to share my story with you. Writing this was like re-living all that horrible past I’d chosen to let go of, but I knew if I don’t today, I may never. So here’s #metoo #MetooIndia"

Saloni said Sajid had said she was not "sexy" and also pulled down his pants in front of the actress once.

Farah, Farhan react:

Meanwhile,  choreographer-director Farah Khan on Friday said she and her family were left 'heartbroken' after his brother and director Sajid Khan's name emerged in an alleged sexual harassment incident.

"This is a heartbreaking time for my family.We have to work through some very difficult issues. If my brother has behaved in this manner he has a lot to atone for.I don’t in any way endorse this behavior and Stand in solidarity with any woman who has been hurt," Farah tweeted.

Actor Farhan Akhtar on Friday said he felt shocked after hearing that director Sajid Khan's name also emerged in an alleged sexual harassment incident.

Akhtar tweeted: "I cannot adequately stress how shocked, disappointed and heartbroken I am to read the stories about Sajid’s behaviour.
I don’t know how but he will have to find a way to atone for his alleged actions."

Akshay Kumar takes a bold step:

Actor Akshay Kumar has cancelled the shooting of Housefull 4 after the film's director Sajid Khan was accused of sexual harassment on Thursday.

Akshay took to Twitter to say, "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."

After Akshay's cancellation of the shooting, Sajid stepped down from the directorial post of Housefull 4.

He took to Twitter to inform his decision.

India's #MeTooand Tanushree:

The #MeToo campaign has started in India after actress Tanushree Dutta levelled allegations of sexual harassment against actor Nana Patekar.

Tanushree has alleged that Patekar misbehaved with her on the sets of 2008 movie Horn Ok Pleassss. 

 

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