Dutta has alleged that Patekar had misbehaved with her when the two were shooting a special song for "Horn Ok Pleassss" 10 years ago.
Actor
Tanushree
Dutta says she was slapped with two legal notices on Thursday -
from veteran actor Nana Patekar and filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri,
respectively.
In
a recent TV interview, Dutta alleged Patekar misbehaved with her when
the two were shooting a special song for "Horn Ok Pleassss"
10 years ago, a claim she reiterated.
Following
the resurgence of the controversy, she also accused Agnihotri of
behaving inappropriately with her during the making of 2005 film
"Chocolate".
"I
have been slapped with two legal notices today. One from Nana
Patekar and another from Vivek Agnihotri.
"This
is the price you pay for speaking out against harassment, humiliation
and injustice in India. Both Nana's and Vivek Agnihotri's teams are
on a smear campaign against me by constructing outright lies and
misinformation on social media platforms and other public platforms,"
Dutta said in a statement issued by her PR team, Shimmer
Entertainment.
The
actor, a former Miss India - Universe, claimed the supporters of
Patekar and Agnihori are "weaving damning allegations"
against her.
She
alleged threat to her life, saying while the police personnel
deployed at her house were on a lunch break "two unnamed
suspicious individuals tried getting into our home uninvited but were
stopped just in time".
"Violent
threats are being issued against me by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena
(MNS) party," she claimed.
On
the controversy, which is being touted India's #MeToo moment, the
actor said the age-old apathetic treatment of the survivors has kept
the movement away from India.
Dutta,
who is now based in the US, said she stands to lose this new life too
if she allowed herself "to get embroiled in the court system of
India".
After
the allegations resurfaced against Patekar last week, the veteran
actor laughed off her claim, asking what he could do about it.
The
67-year-old actor had said he would see if he could take any legal
step.
Dutta
has garnered support from many in the film industry which includes
names such as Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Twinkle Khanna, Hansal
Mehta, Richa Chadha and Swara Bhasker, among others.Business Standard
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