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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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