Shameful: Amitabh Bachchan Dodges Question When Asked To Comment On Tanushree Dutta’s Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Nana Patekar

Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan

New Delhi: Actor Amitabh Bachchan on Thursday dodged a question about actress Tanushree Dutta’s allegations of sexual harassment against Nana Patekar.

At the trailer launch event for Thugs of Hindostan, when asked to comment on the issue, Amitabh said, “Neither am I Tanushree, not am I Nana Patekar, so how can I comment on this?”

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Amitabh’s Thugs of Hindostan co-star Aamir Khan had a less evasive response. “I think without knowing the veracity of something, or the details of something, I don’t think I can comment on it. It’s not right for me. I don’t need to comment on it. But I would like to say that, whenever something like this does happen, it’s a really sad thing. Now whether this has happened, that is for people to investigate. I don’t think we can comment on it,” Aamir said.

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Ironically, Amitabh had written an open letter to his granddaughters Navya Naveli Nanda and Aaradhya Bachchan before the release of his 2016 film Pink, urging them to be strong and powerful women who can take on the world. Today, when he had the option to stand by his fellow “strong” colleague, he preferred to look away.

Tanushree has alleged that Nana Patekar behaved aggressively with her on the sets of 2008 film Horn ‘OK’ Pleassss. She also noted that the actor has a history of assaulting women and that is an unspoken truth in this industry.

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Later, Tanushree opted out of Horn ‘OK’ Pleassss as a political party “who has a reputation of lynching and causing damages on the sets” threatened her and caused damages to her car at Nana Patekar’s behest.

Twitterati slammed Amitabh for his statement:

अब आप न्यूज़ सेंट्रल 24x7 को हिंदी में पढ़ सकते हैं।यहाँ क्लिक करें
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