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India’s


                                                                          #MeToo


                                                                          movement


                                                                          is here


                                                                          as more


                                                                          and more


                                                                          women


                                                                          speak out!








         Allegations of sexual harassment against Bollywood biggies, harrowing stories of abuse being shared
         on social media, have showcased that those in showbiz have not done enough to ensure a healthy
         work environment for women. It is time this changes and thorough and swift investigation
         is carried out so that people adopting double standards and living in ivory towers are exposed,
         writes srishte sharma

                  ollywood has shown a can-  and threatening her with physical vio-  which brought her into the limelight
                  dle to society and it is time   lence from Goons from Maharashtra   and she became famous as a glamorous
                  for it to set a strong prec-  Navnirman Sena. According to Tanush-  star. With this, her popularity grew and
                  edent for others to follow.   ree, she was very upset over this devel-  she received a lot of film offers.
         B It appears there is no sexual   opment and left for the USA after this    The controversy over Tanushree’s
         harassment policy in film industry and   incident. Now, she has returned to India   allegations has become a massive me-
         many a time there is confusion as to   nearly a decade after the incident, and   dia storm. Recently, Nana Patekar was
         what constitutes sexual harassment.  has chosen to report the issue.   contacted on the Mumbai airport and
           It all began with Tanushree Dutta   Born and brought up in a Bengali   he has denied all charges against him,
         who has become almost a mascot for   family, model turned actress Tanushree   calling Tanushree a liar.
         #MeToo campaign and a familiar name   was very keen to become a renowned   Support is pouring for Tanushri.
         these days in newspapers, social media   actress. She started with a career in   Actor and producer Pooja Bhatt has
         and other news stories .She has become   modeling and finally won Femina Miss   extended full support to Tanushree.
         topic of the conversation after she ac-  India in 2004, which made her eligible   Anushka Sharma, Priyanka Chopra,
         cused Actor Nana Patekar for allegedly   for Miss Universe. She was among the   Farhan Akhtar, Renuka Shahane and
         harassing her physically and mentally   top ten at the Miss Universe pageant   Varun Dhawan have also supported
         in 2008 during the shoot of  ‘Horn   held at Quito, in Ecuador. This victory   Tanushree while Amitabh Bachchan,
         Ok pleassss’. In her statements she   opened the doors of opportunities for   Salman Khan and Aamir Khan have
         has accused Nana Patekar and Vivek   her and she started getting offers for   chosen to stay silent and away from
         Agnihotri,Bollywood film director and   roles in movies and top modeling as-  controversy over this issue.
         producer, for making false statements   signments. Her first movie, “Ashique   Now a police complaint has been
         against her, sending her legal notices   banaya Aapne” was released in 2005,   filed against Tanushree Dutta for al-



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