Tanushree Dutta reacts to Nana Patekar’s response on MeToo allegations: ‘He is a pathological liar, why did it take 6 years to respond?’ – Times of India

Veteran actor Nana Patekar recently broke his silence on the sexual harassment allegations made by Tanushree Dutta in 2018 during the MeToo movement. He stated that he always knew the accusations were false, which is why he never got angry and did not feel the need to respond to those allegations. Tanushree has now reacted to Nana Patekar’s statement and called him ‘a pathological liar.’
Responding to his statement on MeToo allegations, Tanushree posted a long note to address the controversy and also questioned Nana Patekar, ‘Why take 6 years to respond to #metoo??’
Her post read, “How big a liar Nana Patekar is the whole world knows now after the varanasi boy slapping incident.Nana first tried to made it look like to slap the kid was part of shoot & then he got severe public backlash for trying to cover up his abuse. Then he suddenly took a u turn & apologised half heartedly. Why take 6 years to respond to #metoo??”
It continued, “Il tell u why…because he knows dat I may be contemplating another FIR on Nana for conspiracy to murder, criminal intimidation & threat, stalking and cause physical harm. I went through severe harassment from unknown groups of people last few years. I was followed & stalked by strangers wherever I went. Freak Accidents and several attempts to poison me with various substances ensued relentlessly. There were a few attempts to corner me and manipulate me into dangerous situations with strangers too. A lot of wierd stuff kept happening to me & around me & All of these people seemed like hired goons. The situations I was in and having to navigate through seemed very much like what SSR might have gone through but thank God I survived all this. No prizes for guessing who was behind all this given Nana’s criminal background. ( Nana proudly boasts in youtube interviews about being closely related to deceased underworld gangster Manya Surve). He thought that I would be dead by now according to his plan but I survived. And now he is scared and his supporters base in Bollywood has dwindled. All those who supported him are either bankrupt, lost their status or have sidelined him. People can see through his manipulations now and thus he comes up with another major gaslight.”

She concluded her post stating, “Nana Patekar is a pathological liar. Every director he has ever worked with has a story to tell about his manipulative & abusive behaviour on set. So all of them are liars too?? If he can slap and hit directors then misbehavior with women is no big deal for him, don’t you think?? Even Veteran actress Dimple Kapadia called him “obnoxious” in a viral youtube interview. She is a liar too?? What about the Varanasi boy whom he slapped and who came in media and said that he was not part of any shoot and that he just got slapped for no reason. He is a liar too??”

In 2018, Tanushree had claimed that the song for the 2008 movie Horn Ok Pleassss was meant to feature her alone. Despite this, Nana Patekar was present on set and allegedly tried to get physically close to her under the pretext of teaching her dance steps. This incident left her feeling uncomfortable and unsafe.
Following her allegations, an FIR was filed against Nana Patekar. However, the case was closed within a year due to a lack of substantial evidence and witnesses to support Tanushree’s claims.

Firmly denying the allegations, Nana Patekar recently told The Lallantop, “I knew it was all false. So, I didn’t get angry. When everything was a lie, why would I be angry? And those things are old now, they have already happened. Why talk about them? Everyone knew the truth. When nothing like that happened, what was I supposed to say at that time? Suddenly someone says you did this, you did that. What answer should I give to such things? Should I say that I didn’t do it? I know the truth that I did nothing.”