Watch: Nana Patekar breaks his silence on Tanushree Dutta's sexual harassment allegations against him; here's what he said
Bollywood's veteran actor Nana Patekar has finally reacted on Camera on the sexual harassment allegation by actress Tanushree Dutta against him. Nana Patekar is under the scanner due to alleged accusations by Tanushree Dutta of sexual harassment on the sets of the film 'Horn Ok Pleassss' while they were shooting for an item number ten years ago in 2008.
Tanushree Dutta was recently slapped with two legal notices by Nana Patekar and director Vivek Agnihotri whom Tanushree had alleged that had asked her to 'strip and dance' for a song.
Reacting on the matter, Nana Patekar said 'Jo jhhooth hai wo jhhooth hi hai.' on Camera to media.
He was busy in the shooting for his upcoming multi starrer film Housefull 4 in Rajasthan. However, the actor had said he would conduct a press conference on the matter, along with Ganesh Acharya and Vivek Agnihotri, after returning to Mumbai from the shooting.
Several Bollywood actors have come out to support the actress including Sonam Kapoor, Konkona Sen, Raveena Tandon, Swara Bhaskar, Arjun Kapoor, Ranveer Singh and others.
Dhol actress had also alleged that Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has attacked her. he said that MNS attacked her because Nana Patekar asked them to do so.
She also compared MNS to terrorists groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS. She said that MNS is not just a party rather it follows the ideology of the terrorist organisations like Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
Tanushree also said that Nana Patekar lied about the attack. “There was a lie that was spun by the four culprits; Nana, choreographer Ganesh Acharya, director Rakesh Sarang and producer Sami Siddique as well as their supporters on set and outside the set- the MNS party, who were called to mob-attack me,” said Tanushree Dutta.
First published: 6 October 2018, 16:51 IST