Published 17:40 IST, October 14th 2018
Ayushmann Khurrana's Wife Tahira Kashyap Shares Her #MeToo Story, Says 'Relatives Are The Real Creeps'
With various sexual harassment allegations on eminent personalities from the Bollywood fraternity such as Alok Nath, Vikas Bahl and Nana Patekar, one can say that the #MeToo movement has reached the Hindi film industry.
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With various sexual harassment allegations on eminent personalities from Bollywood fraternity such as Alok Nath, Vikas Bahl and Nana Patekar, one can say that #MeToo movement has reached Hindi film industry. In wake of movement that h earlier taken Hollywood by storm, former actress Tanushree Dutta accused veteran actor Nana Patekar of sexual harassment. Tanushree's fight for justice has w taken a legal turn. Meanwhile, Dutta's brave step has w pushed several victims to share ir stories. recent one to share her story is Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana's wife Tahira Kashyap. Taking to photo-sharing app, Instagram, Tahira drafted an elaborate post sharing her #MeToo story, wherein she h suffered at hands of a relative during her childhood days. In post, she also revealed that she was scared of physical touches when she h started dating her boyfriend and w husband, Ayushmann.
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Sharing te, she captioned post as "My #MeToo moment... wish I didn’t have one and neir did anyone. But gl we are speaking about it. Let’s have zero tolerance towards it. And let’s t question how long victim took to speak. It took me around 20 years. Will it be held against me? #metoomovement#metoo #comeout #loveyourself#expressyourself #zerotolerance"
With #MeToo movement gaining momentum, various Bollywood celebrities have been named with new ones keep emerging every or day. Apart from m, rewned writer Chetan Bhagat has been accused of sexual misconduct by an anymous victim after she shared screenshots of her chat with author.
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Furr, television actor Alok Nath has been accused of rape by popular 90's show 'Tara' producer Vinta Nanda. In a detailed post on Facebook, she also mentioned that Alok Nath was an alcoholic, and accused him of allegedly being inappropriate with le actress of show, Navneet Nishan.
Several Bollywood A-listers have spoken out in support of all those victims of sexual misconduct. From Priyanka Chopra, Varun Dhawan, Anushka Sharma, Twinkle Khanna, Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhasker, Sophie Chaudhary, to Farhan Akhtar, and ors are supporting all those raising ir voice against this practice.
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17:38 IST, October 14th 2018