Tanushree
Thrashes
Nana
Patekar
For
Not
Apologizing
To
Her
When
asked
by
Rajdeep
Sardesai
about
what
she
would
like
to
tell
Patekar
today,
the
actor
said,
"Nothing"
as
she
believes
in
communicating
with
those
who
are
intelligent
enough
to
understand
things.
"Somebody
who
called
me
a
liar
and
did
not
have
the
basic
intelligence
to
see
the
situation
and
apologise
and
redeem,
do
you
think
I
talk
to
him?
Why
waste
my
time?
My
regret
is
how
could
I
work
with
these
people.
How
could
I
not
see
it.
I
should
have
got
the
instinct
that
these
are
not
the
people
I
would
gel
with."
Tanushree
On
Why
Biggies
Are
Not
Addressing
The
Ongoing
Row
In
September,
Tanushree
spoke
about
the
bitter
experience
she
had
while
working
on
a
film
in
2008
and
once
again
accused
her
co-star Nana
Patekar of
sexual
harassment
while
filming
a
special
song.
Though
quite
a
few
industry
people
have
shown
their
support
to
Tanushree,
there
are
many
who
have
stayed
mum
and
the actor said
the
biggies
are
not
talking
about
it
as
they
view
her
allegations
as
a
controversy.
Tanushree
Is
Happy
That
Men
Are
Scared
"I
was
on
national
TV
for
ten
years,
I
had
a
career
in
films
and
I
had
a
career
to
lose.
There
was
a
situation
where
I
had
to
defend
myself.
I
did
not
speak
because
I
wanted
to
be
a
hero
but
I
wanted
to
defend
myself."
She
is
glad
that
today
naming
and
shaming
is
happening
and
"if
men
are
scared
then
they
should
be."
For
Tanushree
The
Entire
Uproar
Around
#MeToo
Is
Surprising
When
asked
whether
she
imagined
that
the
#MeToo
movement
will
result
in
Patekar
being
dropped
from
a
film,
a
minister
facing
the
wrath
and
a
film
production
house
being
dissolved,
besides
lot
of
women
coming
forward
and
talking
about
their
own
experiences,
Tanushree
said
it
was
all
surprising.
"Ten
years
back
the
coverage
was
mostly
scandalous,
sensationalised
and nothing came
out
of
it.
The
doors
that
I
knocked
did
not
open
for
me
and
I
was
left
disappointed.
I
came
back
to India for
a
holiday
and
someone
from
media
asked
me
why
#MeToo
movement
is
not
happening
in
our
country
and
my
response
was
what
happened
to
me
was
not
addressed.
"This
I
did
not
say
with
any
motive.
This
all
came
as
a
surprise
to
me.
There
are
women
who
are
still
hesitant
to
speak
up.
This
is
just
a
tip
of
the
iceberg."
In
Her
Case,
Tanushree
Said
'It
Is
All
Deja
Vu'
"Everything
has
happened,
like
threatening
of
legal
notice,
MNS
threat,
smear
campaign,
all
this
happened
ten
years
ago."
Tanushree
said
women
earlier
had
reservations
about
opening
up
as
the
society
tries
to
stigmatise
and
put
shame
on
the
victims.
"It
was
perhaps
the
time
for
it
to
happen.
Change
is
a
constant
process.
We
are
changing
and
transforming.
This
is
happening
systematically.
When
people
felt
they
are
safe
and
they
would
not
be
judged
or
condemned,
they
chose
to
speak,"
she
added.
What
Tanushree
Fails
To
Understand
Is
Why
Women
Are
Expected
To
Prove
Themselves
In
Cases
Of
Sexual
Harassment
"It
is
going
to
be
what
'he
said'
and
'she
said'.
In
my
case,
I
have
evidence.
There
are
so
many
cases,
where
assault
or
rape
has
happened
behind
closed
doors.
You
cannot
put
the
onus
on
the
victim
or
else
women
will
have
to
put
camera
on
their
forehead
every
time,
if
we
have
to
prove
things."
Tanushree
expressed
her
displeasure
with
certain
section
of
people,
including
women,
trashed
the
movement,
calling
it
a
publicity
stunt.
"Whether
it
is
an
issue
of
the
elite
or
of
the
masses,
cases
of
sexual
harassment
need
to
be
addressed.
If
we
educated
women
do
not
talk
then
what
hope
are
we
giving
to
a
woman
in
a
village,
who
goes
to
khap
panchayat
to
seek
justice?.
"We
have
to
be
a
part
of
change
and
transformation,
why
pass
the
buck
to
others?
It
needs
little
bit
of
discomfort
and
sacrifice
or
else
we
will
move
towards
complete
anarchy."
Tanushree's
Message
For
All
The
Women
Out
There
She
admitted
that
it
is
uncomfortable
for
her
and
everyone
to
talk
about
such
incidents
but
she
is
doing
so
for
the
next
generation.
"We
don't
need
to
brush
it
under
the
carpet.
By
doing
so,
we
are
creating
these
people
with
our
silence
and
complicity," concluded
Tanushree.