Sonam backs director Hirani: What if the allegations aren't true?

The first Me Too blow, Bollywood witnessed in 2019, was when an assistant director of Sanju accused Rajkumar Hirani of sexual misconduct. The complainant stated that Hirani abused her sexually more than once over a period of 6 months between March and September 2018. She said that the filmmaker reportedly harassed her during the post-production work of Sanju. The complainant revealed it all to Huffington Post.

Due to these allegations, Hirani's name was dropped from the credits as the producer of Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga, which is hitting the screens this week. Today, during a media interaction, when Sonam was asked about the whole episode, she stated, "In the Me Too movement, I always believe a woman. But in this case, we need to reserve our judgment. Two things here - one the film is as important as the movement and second, I have known Hirani for many years and I respect him as a filmmaker and a man. I will talk about it at length when the movie is released. But what if it's (allegations) aren't true, the movement will get derailed."