It was earlier this morning that a female dancer from Housefull 4‘s crew came forward to lodge a complaint against two men. She alleged that they had molested her while she was trying to break up a fight between two strange men and her colleague. She even went on record to say that Akshay Kumar was the one who urged her to make an official police complaint.
The makers of the movie have now made an official statement in light of the allegations that the incident took place on the sets of the film.
Here’s what the Executive Producer of Housefull 4 Manoj Mittra said:
It is disheartening to hear about this incident. As an Executive producer, I would like to clarify that the recent incident that showed up in the news related to the sets of Housefull 4, is something that evidently didn’t happen on the sets or during the shoot; it took place off the sets and hence I have to state that it is beyond our capabilities. I would also like to clarify that Akshay Kumar and Riteish Deshmukh had packed up way before this incident occurred. It was their personal matter and nothing related to our film shoot.
Raman Dave who is the head of the dancers said,
There was some argument between the boys which happened post pack up outside the set and the girl tried to save one of the males who was her friend, she tried to stop the fight but unfortunately it was a heated argument and during the course of this fight the boys happen to push her away to stay out of the fight. We have learned that the argument was between the dancers and Pawan Shetty (who is an outsider) and nothing to do with our film. I had left from shoot but my set attendant Sandra was there on the set and even she has mentioned that nothing happened on the set. All the details reported about this incident failed to be true and it did not happen on our sets.
Meanwhile, the accuser has said that she wants to see the accused being brought to justice.
Housefull 4 has been running into trouble for a while now, first Nana Patekar and Sajid Khan being accused of sexual harassment.