Subhash Ghai Reacts To Mahima Chaudhry’s Bullying Allegations, Claims She Apologised To Him

Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhry who had made her Bollywood debut with Shah Rukh Khan in the 1997 film ‘Pardes’ recently opened up about her experience with the film’s director Subhash Ghai. She proceeded to level out a shocking claim revealing that Ghai bullied her.

She alleged, “He sent a message to all the producers that nobody should work with me!”

Giving a detailed statement, she went on to explain, “If you pick up one of the issues of Trade Guide magazine in 1998 or 1999, there was an ad that he had given which stated that if anybody wanted to work with me, that person would have to contact him. Otherwise, it would be a breach of contract. However, there was no such contract which said that I had to seek his permission.”

As per a report in HT, the Bollywood director has now responded to her comments saying, “I am amused reading this news. Mahima and I are very good friends till date and are still in touch through messages. She is a very nice and mature woman of today. She recently shared on how she gets welcomed at every event with a song from ‘Pardes’, ‘I love my India’, even after 23 years.”

Recalling the incident Mahima referred to in her statement, he admits, “Yes, there was a small conflict in 1997 post the release of ‘Pardes’, which became a big blockbuster and for which she even got the Filmfare Award for best actor. My company did send her a show-cause notice for flouting a clause in our agreement.”

Referring to the cancellation of her contract with his own banner named ‘Mukta’, he said, “Media and industry reacted in a big way and so I withdrew and canceled her contract with Mukta. After 3 years she came to me with her family and apologized for her impulsive reaction. I forgave her and thereafter we became friends again.”

He even added that he trusts her and called her a “jovial good person,” NDTV reports.

As per TOI, he concluded by saying, “She must be right in feeling that she was bullied when asked by someone. Actually I admire her great gesture when she did a guest appearance in a song in my last film ‘Kanchi’ in 2015. I guess we do get entertained with the smallest of an old tiff which is normal in the course of life in showbiz.”

Subhash Ghai has previously been accused of rape in the #MeToo movement to which we responded to with a vague tweet.

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