Tanushree Dutta Controversy: Freida Pinto comes out in support of the actress

Former actor and model Tanushree Dutta has levelled sexual harassment allegations against veteran actor Nana Patekar. The ‘Aashiq Banaya Aapne’ star in an interview to Zoom TV had opened up on the incident that had taken place in 2008 on the sets of ‘Horn ‘Ok’ Pleassss’. The actress accused actor Nana Patekar of not only insisting on shooting an intimate song sequence in the movie even though it was not mentioned in the contract but also of wanting to touch her inappropriately. She further added that the actor had later sent political party goons to intimidate her.

Tanushree also slammed choreographer Ganesh Acharya, who was on the sets at the time, and the movie’s producer for not taking a stand for her. Ganesh Acharya reacted to Tanushree’s allegation against Nana Patekar; says he can never do that.

Tanushree has been getting support from actresses like Kalki Koechlin, Priyanka Chopra, Raveena Tandon and now we have ‘Love Sonia’ star Frieda Pinto too coming out in support of Dutta.

Frieda took to her Instagram handle and wrote a long message, part of which reads, ‘India – Stand Up, Speak Up. Don’t look to just your superstars to speak up. Be your own role models and follow the voice of your conscience. Follow the truth and stand by a woman’s right to be her own wind keeper. You may just end up setting an example for many others who probably need your grit and courage to speak up.
I SUPPORT TANUSHREE DUTTA.’

Check out her statement here:

 

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Today, I interrupt my feed for a bit from all the fashion week poses to stand by what I truly Believe. I Believe Tanushree Dutta! I don’t need to know her personally, neither have been present on that horrendous day she got bullied, abused both sexually and psychologically, intimidated and shut down inorder to corroborate her story. However, I do know what Truth, Hurt and Abuse sounds like. The same way millions of people in the world know that Dr. Christine Blasey- Ford is NOT a Liar or an attention seeking, tantrum throwing overgrown child. I add my voice to the other voices coming out in support of Tanushree’s bravery because God knows this is not going to be easy for you, Tanushree. But what you have done is monumental and important and it has to shake the very core of a nation and an ideology that for too long has gotten away with heinous crimes against women and where the ugliness of misogyny has dominated the rights and suppressed any voice that has dared to speak up. Also, even if someone speaks up ( and in Tanushree’s case- speaks up AGAIN) 10 years later, it doesn’t dilute or nullify a factual, verified, double verified truth. Her story is not a carton of milk that expires after a few days, ready to be discarded. So trolls : please do what you do best but it is not going to change the Truth. India – Stand Up, Speak Up. Don’t look to just your superstars to speak up. Be your own role models and follow the voice of your conscience. Follow the truth and stand by a woman’s right to be her own wind keeper. You may just end up setting an example for many others who probably need your grit and courage to speak up. I SUPPORT TANUSHREE DUTTA.

A post shared by Freida Pinto (@freidapinto) on Oct 2, 2018 at 9:25am PDT

Tanushree Dutta, a former beauty queen, has featured in films such as ‘Dhol’, ‘Risk’ and ‘Good Boy, Bad Boy’. She was last seen in 2010 film ‘Apartment’.

We do hope more and more stars come out in support of Tanushree Dutta and also set a movement to not only bring the dark side of Bollywood out in the open but also start a movement to put an end to it.

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