In 2018, A case was registered against Rajkumar Hirani for sexually assaulting a female crew member on the film sets of Ranbir kapoor-starrer Sanjay Dutt biopic Sanju. Despite such charges, the film has done so well that it has been nominated for 2 Oscar awards in Filmfare.
Shortly after the nominations were announced on Wednesday, 13 March, users took to Twitter to voice their objection over Filmfare nominating the Bollywood filmmaker in two categories stating that the director who is still under the lens should not have been nominated.
Despite everything their audacity to nominate Rajkumar Hirani. @filmfare is a sellout and bonafide trash!
Another user tweeted, “Rajkumar Hirani named as the best director in Filmfare… I hope he’s not going to parade proudly and he won’t be rewarded, with the accusations of sexual harassment sticking him in the butt he should be small.”
Sanju which hit the big screens on 29 June, rocked the box office as it earned a whopping Rs 120.06 crore in its opening weekend and ended up becoming the fifth highest grossing Hindi film of all time.
Written and directed by Rajkumar Hirani, Sanju stars Ranbir as Sanjay Dutt, along with Manisha Koirala, Paresh Rawal, Dia Mirza, Sonam Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Jim Sarbh and Anushka Sharma in pivotal roles.
