Sexual harassment is reality of film industry, says Kajol
"If it had happened in front of me, I'm sure I would have stood up or done something about it."
MUMBAI (Dunya News) – While expressing support to Tanushree Dutta, Bollywood stunning actress Kajol said that sexual harassment is reality of film industry.
During a discussion, Kajol said, “What she speaks about is definitely the reality and I wouldn’t say it’s restricted to our industry. I think it’s pretty much a concern all over, which ever field we talk about.”
“If it had happened in front of me, I’m sure I would have stood up or done something about it,” she added.
Earlier, former Miss Universe contestant Tanushree Dutta said she was sexually harassed by multi-award-winning Bollywood star Nana Patekar during the filming of the romantic comedy "Horn Ok Pleassss" in 2008.
Dutta, 37, said in a statement released Thursday that she had received legal notices from Patekar and Agnihotri. "This is the price you pay for speaking out against harassment, humiliation and injustice in India," Dutta said.
Dutta claimed she had also received "violent threats" from the fringe, far-right Hindu nationalist group Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and was the victim of a "smear campaign" on social media.
"This is the age old saga of survivors in our nation," she said.
-----with inputs from AFP
