Bollywood celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Farhan Akhtar, Parineeti Chopra, Swara Bhasker, Richa Chadha among several others have come out in support of former beauty queen and actress Tanushree Dutta, who has alleged Nana Patekar and Vivek Agnihotri of sexual harassment.
Tanushree had first raised the allegation against Nana Patekar, choreographer Ganesh Acharya, ‘Horn Ok Pleassss’ producer Sami Siddiqui and director Rakesh Sarang in 2008. The topic came back in spotlight when the actress, in a recent interview, revealed why she has been away from the industry for so long and why she feels the Me Too movement would never hit India.
Check out what the celebrities tweeted -
Re-tweeting a string of post by an eyewitness about the details of Tanushree's ordeal, Farhan Akhtar, who launched a social campaign Men Against Rape and Discrimination or MARD in 2013, wrote, "This thread is very telling. @janiceseq85 was there at the time of the incident being debated today. Even when #TanushreeDutta had career concerns to keep quiet 10 years ago she did not & her story hasn’t changed now. Her courage should be admired, not her intention questioned."
Noted journalist Barkha Dutt thanked Farhan for breaking Bollywood's deafening silence on the matter.
Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra agreed that the world needs to believe survivors.
Twinkle Khanna also applauded Tanushree for coming out in the open.
Swara Bhasker
Richa Chadha
Hansal Mehta
Mallika Dua
Shruti Sheth
Amitavbh Bachchan, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan however refused to comment on the issue stating they are not aware of the incident.
