Just recently, Aamir Khan announced his decision of reconsidering his decision of not working with #MeToo accused Subhash Kapoor in Bhushan Kumar’s Mogul. Aamir Khan confirmed this week that not only was he back on Mogul - to which he was attached as a producer - he will also be rehiring Subhash Kapoor who was dropped last October.
Aamir had spoken to leading publication and confessed that he "couldn't sleep at night because I used to constantly feel that my actions have inadvertently caused a person, about whose guilt I have absolutely no idea, to lose his right to work and earn a livelihood."?
Justifying his action, Aamir Khan specified that the sexual misconduct allegations by Geetika Tyagi are currently in court and "...until such time that the courts reach a conclusion, is it that he/she should not be allowed to work? Is he to just sit at home and not earn?
However, this hasn't gone too well with actor Tanushree Dutta, who kickstarted the #MeToo movement in India. Talking to Mid-Day, Tanushree said,
"I read through the whole paragraph that Aamir Khan wrote, justifying why he was associating himself with Subhash Kapoor. I want to ask one question... How come nobody in Bollywood has sleepless nights when a girl becomes a victim of harassment, and is ostracised from the industry? There seems to be so much compassion for the #Metoo accused floating around but none for the alleged victims."
"Having sailed in the same boat myself, I know that nobody bothered to even ask me how I was doing when being an actor, my primary livelihood was snatched away after the Horn Ok Please harassment episode. I was a talented screen actor. But nobody wrote letters, requesting bigwigs to work with me and help me resurrect my career and help me heal from the trauma, insult and humiliation that I endured. No compassion for me, Aamir?”
However, Tanushree had earlier praised Aamir for taking a stand and eventually backing out of Mogul.