Saif Ali Khan on #MeToo and working in Sajid Khan's movie

The actor was part of Humshakals directed by Sajid Khan.

In the wake of #MeToo allegations rocking Indian film industry, several Bollywood actors have voiced concern and refused to work with those accused of sexual harassment.  
After Aamir Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn condemned the #MeToo accounts against their directors, now Saif Ali Khan, has said he "doesn't want to work with them". String of Bollywood actors' names popped up after former actress Tanushree Dutta accused Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her.  
Director Sajid Khan has also been accused of sexual and emotional harassment by three women. Saif Ali Khan, who has previously worked with Sajid Khan, said, "I would hate an atmosphere where women are being looked down upon or mistreated in any way. I don't think that's how an atmosphere should be. We all need to have the same attitude. I don't want to work with them. We have to understand that how these people are behaving, it is not ok, it is disgusting."  
Sajid Khan directed Saif in the 2014 film 'Humshakals' and his co-stars like Bipasha Basu and Esha Gupta recently opened up about Sajid's "rude" behaviour towards women on the sets. "He cracked lewd jokes openly and was pretty rude to all girls," tweeted Bipasha Basu on Friday.
While recalling his experience during Humshakals shoot, NDTV quoted Saif as saying, "I don't remember anything like this happening genuinely because if it would have happened I would not have been comfortable in that environment or allowed it to happen in front of me." 
Asserting that offenders must be punished if found guilty even in an old case, Saif said, "People are offended and they want justice. What it is happening is good and it gives you a sense that something is happening," adding that "people who have sexually harassed and abused women should pay for it." 
Saif also opened up about the harassment he faced years ago. "I have also been harassed in my career, not sexually, but I have been harassed 25 years ago and I am still angry about it," he said. "Most people don't understand other people. It is very difficult to understand other people's pain. I don't want to talk about it because I am not important today. Even when I think about what happened with me I still get angry. Today, we have to look after women," he added.