While the ace choreographer’s fans and followers are inspired by his weight-loss journey, Acharya has been headlining for the final couple of years below MeToo allegations by many ladies.
Earlier this year, an FIR was registered against Acharya for allegedly sexually harassing a lady. No arrest has been produced in the case but. Acharya had denied the allegations.
A week later, yet another lady has alleged that the dance master sexually abused her in 1990.
Former actress Tanushree Dutta was the initial lady who came forward when the MeToo movement was at its peak in Bollywood.
She has in the previous accused Acharya of getting ‘complacent’ in her allegations against her “Horn Ok Pleassss” co-star Nana Patekar.
On work front, Acharya’s newest project is “Coolie No 1” remake featuring Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan. He choreographed the song “Teri Bhabhi” – sung by Dev Negi and Neha Kakkar.
The song has Varun dressed as a coolie Raju, and crazy in adore with a wealthy girl played by Sara. The video shows Raju and his coolie mates take more than a railway station, as they celebrate Raju falling head more than heels in adore.
“Coolie No. 1” is directed by David Dhawan. The film is a remake of the 1995 hit of the identical name that Dhawan produced, which in turn was a remake of the 1993 Tamil film Chinna Mapillai.
The new version also attributes Paresh Rawal, Javed Jaffrey, Johny Lever, Rajpal Yadav and Sahil Vaid in essential roles, and is scheduled to release throughout Christmas on Amazon Prime Video.