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Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 9: The #MeToo campaign has left the entire nation in a state of shock with more women recounting their experiences of sexual harassment in the entertainment and media industry. Bollywood casting director Tess Joseph is the new one to join the MeToo campaign. Joseph on Tuesday accused Malayalam actor and MLA Mukesh of sexual harassment. Joseph has recollected the incident

Mumbai, Oct 9: "Super 30" star Hrithik Roshan has broken his silence on allegations of sexual harassment against the film's director Vikas Bahl, saying it is "impossible" for him to work with any person "guilty of such grave misconduct". In a guarded statement, Roshan said he has been away and has "sporadic information" about the case but has asked the producers of the film to take stock of the

Mumbai, Oct 8: Actor-director Rajat Kapoor has said he has tried to be a "good human being" all his life and apologises from the "bottom of his heart", after a woman journalist accused him of "lewd" and unprofessional behaviour. Kapoor tweeted his apology on Sunday after a woman journalist gave a detailed account of how he made her feel uncomfortable when she went to interview him in 2007, the

Mumbai, Oct 7: "Queen" actor Kangana Ranaut has alleged filmmaker Vikas Bahl made her feel uncomfortable on several occasions after a woman employee at Phantom Films reiterated her allegations of molestation against the film director. Last year, the woman employee at Phantom Films, which had Bahl as one of the partners along side Anurag Kashyap, Vikramaditya Motwane and Madhu Mantena, had alleged

Mumbai, Oct 7: Tanushree Dutta on Saturday filed a police complaint against veteran actor Nana Patekar for allegedly sexually harassing her on the sets of a film in 2008, police said. Dutta, in a recent interview alleged that Patekar had misbehaved with her while filming a song for the 2008 film ‘Horn ‘OK’ Pleasss.’ She has filed the complaint at the Oshiwara police station against Patekar

New Delhi, Oct 7: In the wake of the Nana Patekar-Tanushree Dutta row, Bollywood diva Kangana Ranaut has lent support to a girl who accused her `Queen` director Vikas Bahl of sexual harassment. In a statement, Kangana, while backing the woman accusing Bahl, said "I totally believe her. Even though Vikas was married back in 2014 when we were filming 'Queen', he bragged about having casual sex with

Mumbai, Oct 7: The #MeToo movement is gaining humongous popularity in India, and many women are coming out and describing the horror they faced. Recently Bollywood actress Tanushree Dutta came out and spoke about the incident which took place in 2008 on the sets of Horn Ok Pleasss, and she blamed Nana Patekar for harassing her while they were shooting for a dance sequence. And now its Pooja Bhatt

Singapore, Oct 6: Actor-director Nandita Das hopes that her latest feature "Manto", gets a global release, especially in Pakistan, as the film is a biographical drama on famed Urdu writer Saadat Hasan Manto who had left India after the Partition. "I wish, like many other Bollywood films, it is screened in Pakistan," she told PTI after screening of "Manto" at the South Asian Film Festival on Friday

New Delhi, Oct 6: Deepika Padukone said Friday that #MeToo movement is about the victory of right over wrong and should not be reduced to men versus women. When asked about the #MeToo movement in the light of Tanushree Dutta's allegations of harassment against Nana Patekar, Padukone said, "For me, the #MeToo movement is not about gender. It is about the victory of right over wrong." "Anyone who

Mumbai, Oct 5: Anushka Sharma is the latest celebrity from the Hindi film industry to support Tanushree Dutta, saying the details that she has given about her alleged harassment on a movie set are "frightening". Anushka said Dutta, who has accused Nana Patekar of harassing her during the shooting of a 2008 movie, should be respected for choosing to come out and speak her truth. "Not just as a