#MeToo: Amrita Puri apologises to Farhan Akhtar, sticks to ‘creep’ comment on Sajid Khan

The #MeToo movement has taken the entire country by storm. So many people from the entertainment industry have come under the radar. After Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of sexual harassment, many big names of the industry have found themselves in trouble.

Hell broke loose on Sajid Khan when he was directing his upcoming film, Housefull 4. After Rachel White, Saloni Chopra and journalist Karishma Upadhyay, more actresses such as Bipasha Basu, Aisha actress Amrita Puri and ex-Bigg boss contestant Mandana Karimi have accused the filmmaker of sexual harassment.

Bipasha Basu also alleged that Sajid Khan would crack lewd jokes and was rude to all women.

Amrita said in a tweet, “It was fairly well known that @SimplySajidK is a creep and is completely inappropriate as far as his conduct with women goes. I was warned to stay away from him if I ever came across him. I refuse to believe that it has come as a surprise to ppl from the industry or his family.(sic)”

It was fairly well known that @SimplySajidK is a creep and is completely inappropriate as far as his conduct with women goes. I was warned to stay away from him if I ever came across him. I refuse to believe that it has come as a surprise to ppl from the industry or his family.

— Amrita Puri (@_Amrita_Puri) October 12, 2018

Farhan Akhtar, who is cousin to Sajid Khan took her comment on himself and said, “I deeply resent your insinuation that me or my family knew of his behaviour yet did nothing. Your anger is justified. Your conspiracy theories not.”

I deeply resent your insinuation that me or my family knew of his behaviour yet did nothing. Your anger is justified. Your conspiracy theories not. @_Amrita_Puri https://t.co/MCLptZioWR

— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) October 13, 2018

Amrita Puri took almost no time in replying back to Farhan. She apologised to him and said, “My tweet was not directed to you. Are you related? Pardon my ignorance. Also it’s not fair to generalise as I did. My apologies. However @SimplySajidK’s misconducts were fairly well known. I’m surprised that it’s come as a shock.”

My tweet was not directed to you. Are you related? Pardon my ignorance. Also it’s not fair to generalise as I did. My apologies. However @SimplySajidK’s misconducts were fairly well known. I’m surprised that it’s come as a shock.

— Amrita Puri (@_Amrita_Puri) October 13, 2018

Also read: #MeToo: Sajid Khan steps down as director of Housefull 4