Bollywood celebs stand in support of Tanushree Dutta

Indian journalist Janice Sequiera has gone on Twitter to corroborate Tanushree Dutta's account of sexual harassment at the hands of her Horn Ok Pleassss co-star Nana Patekar, saying that she was present during the incident.

Sequiera tweeted that she was on set when Patekar harassed her and can confirm that the actor's story is true. She tweeted, "Some incidents that take place even a decade ago remain fresh in your memory. What happened with #TanushreeDutta on the sets of “Horn Ok Please” is one such incident - I was there. #NanaPatekar".

In a thread she described what happened.

For all the naysayers, Sequiera said, "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?"

Bollywood celebs soon came in full support of Dutta after the journalist's tweet, with Farhan Akhar being the first to break the silence in the industry regarding this incident.

Earlier this week, Tanushree Dutta named the fellow co-star who had misbehaved with her on set of the 2008 film, stating it was veteran actor Nana Patekar.

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"I want to take names - actor Nana Patekar, producer Sami Siddiqui, director Rakesh Sarang and choreographer Ganesh Acharya. When Nana Patekar misbehaved with me, he said out loud that he would do an intimate step with me in the song, which wasn’t mentioned in my contract. It was supposed to be a solo sequence of mine. I would feel very uncomfortable when he would come next to me and try to put his arm around me," she said in an interview with Zoom TV.

"He was grabbing me by the arms, pushing me around then he would ask the choreographers to move and teach me how to dance, and the next thing I know he wanted to do was an intimate sequence with me. It was ridiculous.”

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However, as reported by Hindustan Times, the actor laughed when questioned about the incident and asked, “What does she mean by sexual harassment? There were 50-100 people on set with me.”

Patekar, who had remained unavailable for comment since the news broke also told Mirror Now, “What can I do about it? You tell me,” and contemplated taking legal action.