Tanushree Dutta has found support from many Bollywood celebrities ever since she accused actor Nana Patekar of sexual misconduct.
Twinkle Khanna, Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Swara Bhasker, Sonam Kapoor, Ayushmann Khurrana and Freida Pinto are among those who have backed Tanushree.
On Sunday, ‘Hear Me. Love Me.’ host Shilpa Shetty Kundra extended her support to Tanushree for openly sharing her story.
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“Women should not feel weak or they shouldn’t blame themselves and rather be strong today,” Shilpa said to PTI, adding, “We don’t know the nitty gritties of the goings but it has kick-started a movement. People have suffered. It’s time women wake up and take charge. It shouldn’t be hashtag MeToo, it should be #YouToo, for the men. It’s shouldn’t be the women, cowing down and saying oh #MeToo.”
Shilpa also added, “In any milieu, actors, entrepreneurs, the working environment should feel safe. That should be a prerequisite. This entire movement which has been initiated by Tanushree Dutta, my heart goes out to her, as a woman and on a human level because something like this was brushed under the carpet.”
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Tanushree has been in news ever since she alleged that Patekar misbehaved with her on the sets of the film Horn Ok Pleasss 10 years ago. She had even made the allegations in 2008.
Dutta also alleged that film director Vivek Agnihotri had asked her to “strip and dance” on the sets of Chocolate: Deep Secrets in 2005.