Tanushree Dutta-Nana Patekar Controversy: Why We Need An Answer

Currently, Bollywood, as well as Hollywood, is in the news for the big campaign against sexual harassment in the entertainment industry with hashtag #MeToo. The original movement was started when many actresses came out and exposed the misdeeds of producer Harvey Weinstein. The campaign went so viral that Bollywood actresses like Vidya Balan, Koena Mitra and others too came in front and joined the campaign by sharing their incidences.

Taking its reference ahead, since a past few days, former Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta has come up with a shocking revelation in which she alleged that Nana Patekar harassed her on the sets of the film, Horn OK Pleassss! It all started when Tanushree Dutta revealed in an interview with Zoom TV stating that “Everyone knows about Nana Patekar that he has always been disrespectful towards women. People in the industry know about this and that he has beaten actresses, he has molested them, his behaviour with women has always been crude but no publication has printed anything about it.”

Tanushree Dutta is a former Miss India has worked in films like Aashiq Banaya Aapne, Chocolate, Dhol and others. However, when the incident happened with Tanushree she got replaced by Rakhi Sawant for a song, Nathni Utaro. As per Tanushree, when Rakhi Sawant was asked about the same, she had supported Nana Patekar. According to the actress, when she refused to shoot the song, then the makers and Nana called MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena) party’s goons to attack Tanushree. While speaking about the similarities between Weinstein and Nana’s case, Tanushree also stated that they have brought down the producer but we can’t even touch Nana.

Reportedly, Tanushree’s car was attacked by political party’s goons however due to lack of support from the industry, the actress decided to quit Bollywood forever.

When Nana Patekar was asked about the fiasco, he refused to talk about it and rubbished Tanushree’s claims. The actor’s lawyer also stated that they will bring Tanushree in court for defaming the actor’s image. After all, Nana Patekar is one of the well-known and respectable personality of the Indian Cinema. He’s been working in the industry for 35 years now. The actor is known for his social work for farmers with his foundation ‘NAAM’ operated by Nana Patekar and Marathi actor Makarand Anaspure.

Now, Tanushree and Nana’s controversy is boiling up day by day as people as well as celebrities have also started voicing their opinions on this issue. Notably, people need an answer as Nana is a renowned personality and people have a good image about him in their mind. Whereas, the question also arouses that why Tanushree Dutta is taking up the issue after 10 years as she could’ve raised her voice then too.

However, recently when Twinkle Khanna and Priyanka Chopra raised their support to Tanushree, the actress gave them a hard-hitting reply.

To Twinkle she said, “Thank you, ma’am, for supporting me but your husband is about to or is even shooting the film with Nana Patekar. What about that?” Whereas to Priyanka, she said to Zoom TV, “Well, it’s amazing. She (Priyanka) has finally decided to join the bandwagon. It’s probably a smart thing to do at this point of time. But I just want people to know that I am not going to be reduced to a survivor. I have a name, I have a story and I have this truth that I am trying to get out because it’s not for me but for people who will come forward in the generations to come.”