Tanushree Dutta has received legal notices from Nana Patekar and Vivek Agnihotri, days after she accused them of sexually harassing her in two different incidents on film sets, a decade ago.

Tanushree, who recently returned to India after a stint in the US, alleged that Nana misbehaved with her physically, while filming a dance number for the 2008 film, Horn Ok Pleassss. She also said that Nana called members of the MNS (Maharashtra Navnirman Sena), when she protested.

On another occasion, she said that Vivek, who was the director of her 2005 film Chocolate: Deep Dark Secrets, had asked her to remove her clothes to ‘help’ Irrfan get a scene right. However, she said that Irrfan had come to her rescue and told Vivek that he did not need such cues.

Regarding the legal notices, Tanushree said in a statement, “I have been slapped with two legal notices today. One from Nana Patekar and another from Vivek Agnihotri. This is the price you pay for speaking out against harassment,humiliation and injustice in India. Both Nana’s and Vivek Agnihotri’s teams are on a smear campaign against me by constructing outright lies and misinformation on social media platforms and other public platforms.

“Their supporters are coming ahead and weaving damming allegations against me even shouting at the top of their voices at press conferences. Today while I was at home and the police personnel posted outside my home were on a lunch break, two unnamed suspicious individuals tried getting into our home uninvited, but were stopped just in time by security personnel in the building. Later the police came back from their break and secured the premises again. Violent threats are being issued against me by the MNS party.

“I’m being threatened to be dragged into the court and legal system of India , which we all know can keep a woman and her supporters as well as media silent on the pretext of “matter subjudice” but can also further be used to harass her and drain her out financially.”Tareek pe Tareek pe tareek” and the dawn of justice never arrives and her whole life goes waste, awaiting justice while witnesses are intimidated, discredited or simply drained of their will to stand up.

“False witnesses supporting perpetrators conjured up to further weaken her case. Court cases can run for decades without a hope for a conclusion. At the end an empty shell remains,broken hopes, a life wasted, defeated.

“This is the age old saga of survivors in our nation. I walked away once from the same environment that was created for me 10 years ago..Found God ,found my healing ,found my peace and a new life in United States of America. And now I stand to lose this new life too if I allow myself to get embroiled in the court system of India. And you wanted to know why the me too movement hasn’t happened in India…This is why,” she said.

On his part, Nana has denied the allegations and said that there were at least 50 people on the set so there was no question of misbehaving with Tanushree. His lawyer, Rajendra Shirodkar had told India Today that they will “initiate appropriate legal proceedings including filing a complaint for defamation”.