Actress Tanushree Dutta has reacted on Aamir Khan's latest statement of rehiring #MeToo accused Subhash Kapoor for 'Mogul'. For those unaware, Geetika Tyagi had accused Subhash Kapoor of sexual misconduct in 2018. In an interview with a leading daily, Tanushree Dutta slammed Aamir Khan and said: "How come body in Bollywood has sleepless nights when a woman becomes a victim of abuse and is t able to work due to trauma and ostracisation?"

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She said: "If he has agreed to hire this guy, why t hire woman who suffered consequences of his actions? Why do only creepy men of Bollywood get compassion? Let girls also see some of that saintly do-goodery. Compassion should be universal. If it's so selective as is being displayed by Bollywood's bigwigs, n it's t compassion. It's convenience and igrance. body bored to ask me how I was doing when my livelihood was snatched away after Horn Ok Pleassss harassment episode. compassion for me, Aamir?," Tanushree Dutta told Mid-Day.

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It was in October 2018 that director Subhash Kapoor was longer a part of Gulshan Kumar biopic 'Mogul' which was being produced by Aamir Khan. actor in a statement said that he was stepping away from project because it would have meant collaborating with someone accused of sexual harassment. When contacted about Aamir's decision to part ways with project, Bhushan Kumar of T-Series told PTI, "He (Aamir) doesn't want to work with Subhash Kapoor because of his unfinished case."

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And w, in latest development, Aamir Khan in an interview with Hindustan Times said that he "couldn't sleep at night" thinking about Subhash Kapoor and how his action could have caused a person his right to work. He said: "Until such time that courts reach a conclusion, is it that he/she should t be allowed to work? I 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 idea, to lose his right to work and earn a livelihood."

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When asked wher T-Series will work with Kapoor, Bhushan told PTI, ".. We won't. We are t making ( film) with him."

"Upon enquiry we found that this particular case is sub-judice, and that legal process is in motion. So, without casting any aspersions on anyone involved in this case, and without coming to any conclusions about se specific allegations, we have decided to step away from this film. We do t want our action to reflect in any manner on people involved in this case," statement from Aamir and wife Kiran Rao read.

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(With inputs from PTI)