Director Sajid Khan, known for his Housefull series, in a recent interview opened about being out of work for six years after being accused of sexual harassment by multiple women and how he often thought of “killing himself” in all these years.
After the #MeToo charages against him, Sajid, who is the brother of filmmaker and choreographer Farah Khan, was replaced as the director of Housefull 4. He told Hindustan Times, “I thought of ending my life many times in the last 6 years. It's been extremely bad, in the sense that I've been out of work.”
The filmmaker said that despite being cleared of the allegations by the Indian Film and Television Directors Association (IFTDA), his career still went under the slump. “I had to sell my house and move to a rented flat because of no earnings," he said.
Sajid also said in the interview that he regretted his brash attitude and that it felt “harsh” when everyone accused in the #MeToo movement went back to work but he didn’t. “Because I was so brash, I rubbed people the wrong way. I would apologise whenever I realised it, but when work stops, you start questioning your life. I’ve mellowed down. I just want to work to survive now,” he said.
Sajid is known for directing films like Darna Zaroori Hai (2006), Heyy Babyy (2007) and Humshakals (2014).s
