She
Writes..
"I
was
a
cub
reporter
in
2008,
assigned
by
AajTak
and
Headlines
Today
to
cover
the
BTS
of
a
song
being
shot
for
this
film.
When
I
arrived,
I
was
told
shooting
had
been
stalled
because
the
actress,
#TanushreeDutta
was
"being
difficult".
#NanaPatekar"
[sic]
‘Tanushree
Was
Visibly
Upset’
"I
could
see
Tanushree
on
set,
visibly
upset
about
something.
#NanaPatekar,
choreographer
Ganesh
Acharya
and
a
man
(who
I
later
found
was
the
producer)
were
having
a
conversation,
while
50-odd
dancers
sat
waiting.
The
official
version
was
that
the
"heroine
was
not
cooperating".
[sic]
Nana
Patekar
Had
Said,
“Tanushree
Meri
Beti
Jaisi
Hai”
"A
while
later,
shooting
resumed.
Tanushree
resumed
work,
and
a
couple
shots
later,
#NanaPatekar
joined
her.
Not
long
after
that,
Tanushree
walked
off
set.
Shooting
halted
again.
She
locked
herself
in
her
vanity
van,
refusing
to
come
out.
Out
of
nowhere,
goons
turned
up
and
began
banging
against
the
vanity
van
door.
I
was
told
the
producers
had
called
them
to
set.
Cops
arrived.
Amidst
this
chaos,
I
got
hold
of
#NanaPatekar.
All
he
said
was,
"Meri
beti
jaisi
hai",
which
didn't
really
make
any
sense
at
that
point."
[sic]
‘Tanushree
Was
Attacked’
"Eventually,
Tanushree's
parents
arrived
to
pick
her
up.
Her
car
was
attacked,
the
windshield
broken.
I
tried
to
get
in
touch
with
Tanushree
to
get
her
version
of
events.
Around
midnight,
she
asked
me
to
come
to
her
place.
In
tears,
she
narrated
what
really
happened.
#NanaPatekar."
[sic]
‘A
Lewd
Dance
Step
Was
Introduced
So
That
Nana
Patekar
Could
Touch
Her
Inappropriately’
"Tanushree
told
me
that
after
three
days
of
rehearsals,
Ganesh
Acharya
changed
every
step
on
the
day
of
shoot.
#NanaPatekar
was
never
meant
to
be
part
of
the
choreography,
but
coerced
the
producers
into
getting
him
to
shake
a
leg
with
Dutta.
Later,
she
said,
a
lewd
dance
step
was
introduced
on
the
insistence
of
#NanaPatekar,
so
he
could
touch
her
inappropriately.
That's
where
alarm
bells
rang,
and
Tanushree
decided
to
walk
off
set.
What
she
didn't
expect
was
the
aggression
shown
by
the
producers
after."
The
Eye
Witness
Supports
Tanushree
Dutta
"The
chat
I
had
with
Dutta
hours
after
the
incident
was
identical
to
the
account
she's
come
out
with
now.
How
could
a
person's
version
remain
the
same
a
decade
later
if
there
wasn't
any
truth
to
it?
Our
chat
was
off-the-record,
even
though
she
went
on
to
give
interviews
later."
[sic]
Janice
Sequeira
Says
That
Tanushree
Is
Not
‘Desperate’
For
Attention
"For
anyone
who's
either
going
to
be
ignoring
or
downplaying
Dutta's
account
as
a
desperate
call
for
attention
and
question
why
she
didn't
speak
out
earlier
-
she
did.
Interviews
by
Dutta
were
followed
by
a
press
conference
by
#NanaPatekar
where
she
was
branded
"unprofessional"."
"This
was
a
decade
ago.
It
could
have
possibly
been
the
first
instance
of
a
Bollywood
actress
calling
out
sexual
predators,
and
her
voice
was
silenced
by
more
powerful
men
who
continued
to
have
flourishing
careers.
Now
she's
found
her
voice
again.
Shouldn't
we
listen?
#NanaPatekar"
[sic]
Here’s
How
She
Concluded
Her
Tweet..
"Things
aren't
the
same
anymore
(even
though,
they
aren't
exactly
different
either).
The
#MeToo
movement
has
encouraged
women
to
come
out
and
speak
about
sexual
misconduct
in
the
West.
If
it's,
in
turn,
inspiring
women
in
India
to
speak
out,
we
need
to
find
a
way
to
encourage
it.
We
all
know
there
are
hundreds
and
thousands
of
women
who
are
too
afraid
to
speak
out
against
sexual
assault
and
misconduct,
lest
they
be
called
"unprofessional".
They
will
only
speak
up
if
we
appreciate
-
even
laud
-
the
courage
of
#TanushreeDutta,
and
not
look
the
other
way."
[sic]