#MeToo: Nana Patekar steps out of ‘Housefull 4’
New Delhi: The ongoing movement #MeToo has created a stir in the Indian film industry and other business organizations. It was because of actress Tanushree Dutta this movement was brought to light in India.
Tanushree Dutta had reported that her co-star Nana Patekar reportedly misbehaved with her on the sets of ‘Horn Ok Pleassss’. Following which, the actress also filed an FIR against Nana Patekar. After Tanushree Dutta opened up about sexual misconduct by Nana Patekar, we saw many other actresses and models coming out in open with their #MeToo stories.
In the recent development, filmmaker Sajid Khan too was accused by two women for his misbehavior with them in the past. Because of the allegations made on the filmmaker, Sajid Khan chose to step out of ‘Housefull 4’. On the other hand, Akshay Kumar chose to not shoot further for ‘Housefull 4’ unless the matter is resolved. The actor took to Twitter to make an announcement about the same. Here's the tweet:
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) October 12, 2018
And now, as per our sources, we have got the EXCLUSIVE information of Nana Patekar stepping out of ‘Housefull 4’ after being under scrutiny in Tanushree Dutta case. The actor recently held a press conference where he reiterated that he clarified his stance 10 years ago.
Oshiwara Police has also registered an FIR against Nana Patekar and three others under Section 354 and 509 of IPC. Apart from Nana Patekar, Tanushree Dutta had filed an FIR against choreographer Ganesh Acharya, producer Samee Siddiqui and director Rakesh Sarang.
The police will record statements of witnesses before summoning Nana Patekar and three others involved in the case. Nana Patekar had also sent a legal notice to Tanushree Dutta after her allegations on the actor. While Nana has maintained his stand on the case, the judgment on the same is yet to come.
Courtesy: timesofindia
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Vinod Tawde seeks apology from Kharge, Rahul through legal notice, warns of defamation lawsuit
Cash-for-vote row
New Delhi, Nov 22: BJP leader Vinod Tawde has demanded an apology from Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi for making "false and baseless" allegations against him in the cash-for-votes incident in Maharashtra, saying if they don't he would sue them for defamation.
Tawde was accused by Bahujan Vikas Aghadi, a regional party, of distributing Rs 5 crore to woo voters, with its members barging into a hotel room on November 19 in a Mumbai suburb, where the BJP leader was present.
The former Maharashtra minister and BJP national general secretary claimed innocence, saying the alleged amount was not recovered in the probe by the Election Commission and police.
"The Congress only believes in spreading lies, and this incident is a proof of the party's low level politics to dent me and my party's image," Tawde said.
The two Congress leaders and the party spokesperson Supriya Shrinate seized on the row to accuse the BJP of using money power to influence the November 20 assembly polls in the state.
The legal notice sent to the three claimed that they were aware that they were pushing a "totally false story fabricated" by them.
"You all have deliberately, mischievously with the sole intention of damaging the reputation of our client intentionally fabricated the story distribution of money. You all have published false, baseless allegations against our client on various media for tarnishing his image in the eyes of right thinking people in the society," the notice read.
The Congress leaders were in a "great hurry" to damage Tawde's reputation, they did not bother to check the fact and or despite knowing the entire fact they made the false, baseless allegations, it said.
"The entire imputation made by you all are totally false, baseless, malicious and mala fide and as our client is in no way involved in any such illegal activity and as a responsible office bearer of the national political party he is aware of his duties," it added.
The notice demanded an "unconditional apology" to Tawde within 24 hours from the time the receipt of the notice, which was sent on November 21, and published in newspapers and X.
If they do not offer apology, then Tawde will initiate criminal proceedings under Section 356, which covers defamation, of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and also civil proceedings for the damages of Rs 100 crore against the three Congress leaders, the notice said.
