Ganesh Acharya Reacts To Tanushree Dutta's Allegations: Nana Patekar Has Not Done Anything Like That
Choreographer Ganesh Acharya refuted Tanushree Dutta's allegations against Nana Patekar that he sexually harassed her and said that the actor has helped a lot of people in the industry.
Tanushree
Dutta
dropped
a
bomb
by
accusing
Nana
Patekar
of
sexually
harassing
her
on
the
sets
of
Horn
OK
Please
in
2008
and
also
stated
that
when
she
turned
down
his
unruly
advances,
Nana
Patekar
used
his
political
influence
and
called
goons
to
attack
and
threaten
her.
The
goons
with
the
backing
of
a
particular
political
party
arrived
and
completely
damaged
her
car.
The
whole
incident
shook
her
belief
in
humanity
and
after
the
incident,
she
walked
out
of
the
movie.
The
choreographer
for
the
said
song,
Ganesh
Acharya,
refuted
Tanushree
Dutta's
allegations
against
Nana
Patekar
and
said
that
the
actor
has
helped
a
lot
of
people
in
the
industry
and
would
never
do
anything
to
hurt
an
actress.
"He's
a
very
sweet
person,
he
can
never
do
that.
He
is
very
helpful
and
he
has
actually
helped
a
lot
of
artistes
in
the
industry,
he
can
never
do
anything
like
that," he
said
to
News18.
There
Was
Some
Misunderstanding,
Says
Ganesh
Acharya
"First
of
all,
it's
a
very
old
incident
so
I
can't
really
recall
everything
very
clearly.
But
it
was
a
duet
song
as
far
as
I
remember.
Something
did
happen
that
day
because
the
shooting
was
also
stalled
for
over
three
hours.
There
was
some
sort
of
misunderstanding."
Tanushree
Dutta
Has
Made
A
Wrong
Statement
Against
Nana
Patekar
"But
I
can
confirm
that
nothing
this
sort
of
happened.
It's
a
wrong
statement
that
Nana
ji
called
members
of
some
political
party
on
set.
It
never
happened."
There
Was
No
Indecent
Dance
Step
In
The
Song!
"When
I
was
called
for
rehearsal
I
was
told
that
Nana
ji
was
also
there
in
the
song.
I
don't
have
the
agreement
with
me
because
that
time
we
used
to
do
it
verbally.
But
that
particular
song
didn't
involve
any
kind
of
indecent
step
in
the
first
place.
It
was
pure
dancing.
That's
all."
Tanushree
Dutta
Had
Claimed
Ganesh
Acharya
Got
The
Song
Because
Of
Her
Influence
"It's
nothing
like
that
I
got
the
song
because
of
Tanushree.
The
director
of
the
film
Rakesh
Sarang
is
my
old
friend.
He
recently
made
Ranangan
I
have
also
done
choreography
in
that.
Its
producer
Samee
is
also
my
friend
I
was
also
a
part
of
his
first
film
which
he
did
with
Rajkumar
Santoshi.
So
I
knew
them
very
well.
She
didn't
recommend
me."
When
Asked
Why
Tanushree
Dutta
Was
Replaced
With
Rakhi
Sawant
"That
was
all
producers' call.
My
job
was
just
to
choreograph
the
song.
I
didn't
really
have
to
do
anything
with
who
was
featuring
in
it.
I
was
just
informed
that
now
Rakhi
Sawant
is
doing
the
song."