Nana Patekar gets support from women of Vidarbha Farm Widows Association after Tanushree Dutta's allegations
FirstpostNana Patekar has been accused by Tanushree Dutta of sexually harassing her on the sets of a film in 2008. Bollywood actor Nana Patekar, accused of sexually harassing his co-star Tanushree Dutta a decade ago, on Saturday found support from unexpected quarters: farm widows of Maharashtra. The Vidarbha Farm Widows Association staged a demonstration at Pandharkavada village, demanding an end to “the victimisation of our brother Nana Patekar.” The women raised slogans in favour of Patekar and said that Dutta is “unnecessarily defaming Patekar”, a ‘father-figure’ who has been helping these women whose husbands committed suicides due to agrarian crisis. In 2008, at a press conference to respond to the allegation, Nana had said that he was highly surprised at the charges by the actress, who he said was “my daughter’s age.” Tanushree Dutta on 6 October filed a police complaint against the veteran actor though no FIR has been registered.