Saloni Chopra on Sajid Khans IFTDA suspension: Change must begin somewhere

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Saloni Chopra, who had accused Sajid Khan of inappropriate behaviour, is glad the change has begun with the Indian Film and Television Directors Association (IFTDA) suspending the filmmaker for a year.

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In a Twitter post, Saloni lauded IFTDAs action, but at the same time hoped Sajid would at least apologise to the women whom he has misbehaved with.

“Im glad IFTDA has decided to be supportive and understand their responsibility towards the behaviour and power abuse of their members. I hope this isnt temporary.

“Its about time our industry realises that accepting such behaviour as a normal routine from fellow members makes everyone in the industry equally responsible for this behaviour because youre just encouraging it,” Saloni wrote.

Everyones texting, asking me what I have to say about the latest on @SimplySajidK … am I glad? Is this enough? well, heres all I have to say.@karishmau @whitespeaking @jaideep_sen @DirectorsIFTDA @akshaykumar @FarOutAkhtar @IamOnir @vintananda #SajidKhan #metooindia #metoo pic.twitter.com/Ht43jZq4YE

— Saloni Chopra (@redheadchopra) December 12, 2018

On Sajid, she said: “I really wish Sajid would apologise to the women hes behaved this way … Apology is never the absolute answer, or the final outcome, but its the first step to accepting your mistake and wanting to change, without that where do people really go from this?

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“His ignorance and denial of his behaviour is only an insult to all the people involved. If he denies everything hes done, and is banned for a year, what after that? Does he just go onto work again like he never did anything?”

Saloni, who earlier worked as an assistant director with Sajid, said its important for him to own up to his doings for anything in our country to change in the right direction.

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“For now, Im glad for the decisions IFTDA has made, change must begin somewhere.”

She was among the women who named and shamed Sajid as the #MeToo movement gained momentum in India.

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