An Indian actress who alleges she was sexually harassed on two film sets said Thursday she had received legal notices and threats of violence over her claims.
Former Miss Universe contestant Tanushree Dutta said she was sexually harassed by multi-award-winning Bollywood star Nana Patekar during the filming of the romantic comedy “Horn Ok Pleassss” in 2008.
Dutta first made the allegations ten years ago after walking off the set. She repeated the claim during a recent interview, also alleging that filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri had behaved inappropriately towards her during the shooting of the 2005 movie “Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets”. Patekar and Agnihotri both deny the claims.
Dutta, 37, said in a statement released Thursday that said she had received legal notices from Patekar and Agnihotri.
“This is the price you pay for speaking out against harassment, humiliation and injustice in India,” Dutta said. Dutta claimed she had also received “violent threats” from the fringe, far-right Hindu nationalist group Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and was the victim of a “smear campaign” on social media.
Agnihotri's lawyer said Dutta's allegations against the director were “absolutely false, frivolous and vexatious” and confirmed his client would sue the actress. “We have served a legal notice to initiate defamation action against her,” Nidhish Mehrotra said in a statement posted on Twitter by Agnihotri.
- AFP
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