Priyanka, Sonam, Twinkle, Farhan and other celebs support Tanushree Dutta

The ‘Aashiq Banaya Aapne’ actress Tanushree Dutta has these days grabbed the headlines as she got the skeletons out of the closet. Former Miss India Universe returned to India from the USA after two years and she has caught the limelight. In a recent interview, the actress opened up on a sexual harassment case against actor Nana Patekar and Ganesh Acharya. In the interview, she spoke about the #MeToo movement being unsuccessful in Bollywood.

In an interview with Zoom TV, Tanushree revealed the name of Nana Patekar who was trying to touch her inappropriately while shooting an intimate song sequence in the film ‘Horn ‘Ok’ Pleassss’, even though it was not mentioned in her contract. She said, “I want to take names – actor Nana Patekar, producer Sami Siddiqui, director Rakesh Sarang and choreographer Ganesh Acharya. When Nana Patekar misbehaved with me, he voiced out that he would do an intimate step with me as well in the song, which wasn’t mentioned in my contract. It was supposed to be a solo sequence of mine.”

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Applauding on the courage, many Bollywood celebs have come in support of the actress. Taking to his social media handle, Farhan Akhtar wrote, “Her courage should be admired, not her intention questioned.” This was Farhan’s reply to a thread on Twitter posted by journalist Janice Sequeira.

Here’s the full post.

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. https://t.co/Ola3MNdmtS

— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) September 27, 2018

Desi girl Priyanka Chopra also tweeted reacting on Farhan Akhtar’s tweet. Here’s her tweet.

Agreed..the world needs to #BelieveSurviviors https://t.co/ia82UsCkkq

— PRIYANKA (@priyankachopra) September 28, 2018

‘Love Sonia’ actress Richa Chadha also tweeted supporting Tanushree. She tweeted, “It hurts to be #TanushreeDutta rn. To be alone, questioned. No woman wants publicity that opens the floodgates of trolling and insensitivity.What happened to her on set was intimidation.Her only fault was she didn’t back down-takes a special courage to be.”

It hurts to be #TanushreeDutta rn. To be alone, questioned. No woman wants publicity that opens the floodgates of trolling and insensitivity.What happened to her on set was intimidation.Her only fault was she didn’t back down-takes a special courage to be #TanushreeDutta.

— TheRichaChadha (@RichaChadha) September 27, 2018

Also, Swara Bhasker tweeted a video of Tanushree where the actress has spoken at length about the incident. Here’s the video:

#IBelieveYouTanushreeDutta https://t.co/slMxDwcGWx

— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) September 27, 2018

Twinkle Khanna who has always been vocal about her feelings on every social issue, too tweeted supporting Tanushree and said:

Please read this thread before judging or shaming #TanushreeDutta a working environment without harassment and intimidation is a fundamental right and by speaking up this brave woman helps pave the way towards that very goal for all of us! https://t.co/f8Nj9YWRvE

— Twinkle Khanna (@mrsfunnybones) September 28, 2018

Sonam Kapoor Ahuja too came out in support of the actress and tweeted:

I believe #TanushreeDatta and @janiceseq85 recollection of the account. Janice is my friend, and she is anything but an exaggerator or a liar. And it’s upto us to stand together. https://t.co/sF3mS5o1P8

— Sonam K Ahuja (@sonamakapoor) September 28, 2018

Hansal Mehta, Mallika Dua, Masaba Mantena were among others to come in support of Tanushree.

Also Read: Tanushree Dutta opens up on Nana Patekar sexually harassing her 10 years back