Nana Patekar On Tanushree Dutta's Allegations: 'Truth Which Was 10 Years Ago Remains The Same Today'
Nana Patekar finally broke his silence in the Tanushree Dutta sexual harassment case. Though he refrained from divulging much details, all he said was the truth will not change.
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Controversy:
Finally
Nana
gives
his
clarification;
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Recently,
Tanushree
Dutta
opened
up
about
facing
sexual
harassment
by
Nana
Patekar
on
the
sets
of
Horn
Ok
Please
in
2008.
The
actress
had
alleged
that
when
she
refused
to
shoot
an
intimate
song
with
Nana,
he
along
with
choreographer
Ganesh
Acharya
harassed
him.
She
also
claimed
that
Nana
also
called
some
goons
to
attack
her
vanity
van.
Ever
since
Tanushree
made
this
shocking
revelations,
support
started
pouring
in
from
various
Bollywood
celebrities.
Meanwhile,
Nana
who
was
shooting
for
Sajid
Khan's
Housefull
4,
came
to
Mumbai
last
week.
On
Monday,
Nana
addressed
the
sexual
harassment
allegations
levelled
against
him
by
Tanushree
Dutta.
Without
divulging
any
details,
the
actor
told
the
media,
"My
lawyer
has
advised
me
not
to
speak
on
the
matter.
Hence,
I
kept
silent.
Otherwise,
I
would
have
no
issues
talking
to
the
press."
When
further
prodded,
he
added,
"What
should
I
say?
I
said
10
years
ago.
The
truth
which
was
10
years
ago
remains
the
same
today
and
will
continue
to
be
tomorrow
as
well."
Yesterday,
Nana
was
supposed
to
hold
a
press
conference
to
speak
about
Tanushree's
allegations.
But
Nana's
son
Malhar
sent
out
a
message
to
the
media
saying,
"Sorry
to
be
messaging
at
this
hour
,
just
wanted
to
inform
that
there's
no
press
conference
tomorrow
,
please
pass
on
the
message
to
your
colleagues
in
the
media
,
will
let
you
know
about
the
further
proceedings
soon
,
regards,
Malhar
Nana
Patekar."
Meanwhile,
Nana
has
already
sent
a
legal
notice
to
Tanushree
Dutta.