Actress Navina Bole
Popular Television actress, Navina Bole has stirred controversy after she brought serious allegations against director Sajid Khan. The actress, popular for shows like Ishqbaaz and Mile Jab Hum Tum, has left everyone shocked with her allegations.
During an interview, the actress recalled a disturbing experience and revealed how Sajid once invited her to his home and asked her to ‘take off her clothes’ just because he wanted to see her in lingerie.
“There was a terrible, terrible man who I would never want to meet in my life called Sajid Khan. He came after so many of us after Gladrags, and he just really pushed the envelope when it came to disrespecting women,” the actress revealed.
In a recent interview Navina Bole spoke about her disturbing encounter with filmmaker Sajid Khan .
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Sajid once invited her to his home and asked her to "Take off her clothes and sit in lingerie" . pic.twitter.com/BBTPK6LlIn
“You know, I was really excited when he called me, and then he literally said why don’t you just get off your clothes and sit in your lingerie? I need to see how comfortable you are. I am talking about 2004 and 2006 when I did Gladrags,” she further added.
She continued, “You wore a bikini on stage, so what is the problem, it’s all ‘Tits and Ass’ in his language. You can just be calm and sit here comfortably, and just sit here, be yourself.”
The actress further revealed, “I didn’t know what to say. So, I said listen I really need to go home and get into a bikini if that is what you really want to see, but I cannot be sitting here and strip right now.”
“Somehow, I managed to get out of that place, and he must have called me 50 times, asking me why am I not coming, where have I reached,” the actress further revealed.
Multiple other women have come forward with allegations against Sajid Khan, particularly during India's #MeToo movement in 2018.
Actress Mandana Karimi alleged that during a meeting for the film Humshakals, Sajid Khan told her, “Lovely pictures but you need to remove your clothes. If I like what I see, you might get the part”.
Similarly, Bhojpuri actress Rani Chatterjee claimed that during an audition for Himmatwala, Sajid Khan asked her inappropriate questions about her breast size and sexual activity, and attempted to touch her inappropriately.
These allegations contributed to Sajid Khan's suspension by the Indian Film and Television Directors' Association in 2018. Despite this, his later participation in Bigg Boss 16 reignited public criticism and calls for accountability.