Pushpa producer Ravi Shankar has clarified that Allu Arjun has nothing to do with choreographer Jani Master aka Shaik Jani Basha’s sexual assault case. Recently, the producer interacted with the media at the success meeting of the film Mathu Vadhalara 2, when he defended Allu Arjun and questioned those dragging the actor’s name unnecessarily in the case. “Hero (Allu Arjun) isn’t bothered about who’s on set other than wishing them good morning and following the steps he’s given.
He has unnecessarily been dragged into it. For his stature, why will he stop someone from working or promote someone else? We are all only professionally aligned to both of them,” he said as quoted by Free Press Journal. The Pushpa producer further talked about Jani’s sexual assault case and added, “She was hired long back as an additional choreographer for our film and will remain throughout the filmmaking process.
Jani Master was supposed to choreograph a special number for Pushpa 2 but this happened two days before we planned it.” For the unversed, Jani Master choreographed the hit song Srivalli from Allu Arjun and Rashmika Mandanna’s Pushpa: The Rise. However, earlier this month, a 21-year-old woman accused him of sexually assaulting her.
In her complaint, she revealed she was a junior choreographer in his team when he sexually abused her. She claimed he abused her for six years during outdoor shoots. According to the complaint, the accused said these incidents happened in 2019 but she couldn’t speak up as she was being threatened by the choreographer of throwing her out of the industry.
Following the complaint, Jani was arrested by the Cyberabad Police from Goa. Meanwhile, Allu Arjun is currently awaiting the release of the film’s sequel, Pushpa 2: The Rule. The film was supposed to hit theatres on August 15, 2024.
However, it has now been pushed to December 6, 2024..
