The Aashiq Banaya Aapne actress Tanushree Dutta created a massive stir with the really big revelation. On September 26, during a TV show interview, the actress opened up about being harassed by a very renowned actor ten years ago. Reportedly, the 34-year-old actress alleged that Nana Patekar has sexually harassed her in 2009 while working on sets of Horn Ok Please. She stated that he misbehaved with her during a song shoot for the film. While some slammed her allegations, a few celebrities from the Bollywood industry came out in support of Tanushree Dutta.
However, Nana Patekar refuted the allegations and had told a leading online portal that he will decide on taking a legal action against the actress. Speaking of which, in a statement to ANI, Nana Patekar's lawyer Rajendra Shirodkar said, "In process of sending legal notice to Tanushree Dutta as she has made false allegations&has spoken untruth. We will send the notice later today which will be basically a notice seeking apology for her statements making allegations." ANI official Twitter handle took to the micro-blogging site to share the same.
Check out the post here:
In process of sending legal notice to Tanushree Dutta as she has made false allegations&has spoken untruth. We will send the notice later today which will be basically a notice seeking apology for her statements making allegations: Nana Patekar's lawyer Rajendra Shirodkar to ANI. pic.twitter.com/uoKL1Vwqon
— ANI (@ANI) September 28, 2018
Referring to Tanushree Dutta's criticism, Nana Patekar told Times Now, "People can say whatever they want to say, I will keep doing my work." He further told the portal, "How would I know why she made the allegations. What can we do about someone else's statements? We were on the sets where there were 200 people. I will decide on taking a legal action against her. It would have been out in 2009 itself if such a thing had happened." Watch this space for further updates.
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