Will Vidya Balan opt out after Vijay Raaz’s arrest?

By Subhash K. Jha

Veteran actor Vijay Raaz was shooting for director Amit Masurkar’s Sherni in Gondia, Madhya Pradesh when the incident happened. Allegedly Raaz, who has given a slew of brilliant performances in his illustrious career, misbehaved with a female member of the unit.Significantly no one from the film’s unit is willing to speak about the incident on record. I tried getting in touch with producer Vikram Malhotra and director Amit Masurkar. Both were evasive. In fact Malhotra wasn’t even willing to divulge the director’s name.

This is just the kind of protective cordon that grows around perpetrators of sexual misconduct in the film industry. One has seen this behaviour earlier. But it would be interesting to see where this Vijay Raaz narrative goes from here for Vidya Balan who plays the hero in Sherni. She has in the past spoken out strongly against sexual harassment at the workplace and also categorically stated she would never again work with director Sajid Khan with whom she had done Hey Baby early in her career. Khan was hit by multiple charges of sexual misconduct in 2018 after which Vidya publicly distanced herself from Khan.

With Vijay Raaz being called out for sexual misconduct would Vidya immediately opt out of the film, as it is morally correct for her to do so? There is no word from her as yet. At the moment the shooting of Sherni has been stopped in Gondia. And everyone is tight-lipped.

“We’ve been told not to say anything,” frightened technician from the Sherni crew told me.

MeToo is done and dusted in Bollywood. So no she won't.

Why opt out? The actor should be thrown out.

What if half the movie is already shot? Would it be fair to abandon the film midway?

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The onus shouldn't be on Vidya to walk out.. it should be the actor who is thrown out if the charges are true

Well, why should she? This has nothing to do with Vidya; the onus here is fully on the Producers as to how they handle this incident. Hopefully they'll do the right thing and show Vijay Raaz the door. Trust Shubhash K Jha to ask such a stupid question!

Originally posted by: zehreeli.kheer

The onus shouldn't be on Vidya to walk out.. it should be the actor who is thrown out if the charges are true

Agree that there is no need to walk out. the producers should not be punished for the actors behaviour.

But if it's true, other actors should come out in public and talk about what they have seen (if they have seen anything at all). Standing by side and watching others do the work is not enough. The victim surely needs their support and backing.

Originally posted by: joycee19

Agree that there is no need to walk out. the producers should not be punished for the actors behaviour.

But if it's true, other actors should come out in public and talk about what they have seen (if they have seen anything at all). Standing by side and watching others do the work is not enough. The victim surely needs their support and backing.

Depends if they are actually seen anything.. If they have, of course they should come out.. If not in public, at least in front of the police since a case has been filed

Lol. why should she walk out? This Jha bhi na. Kuch bhi?