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Actor Preity Zinta , who has been receiving backlash for her views on # MeToo movement , released her statement on the movement and aplogised for unintentionally hurting sentiments of people. In her statement, the 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' star said, "I am a huge supporter of the movement and its unfortunate that some of my comments were taken out of context. I recognise that everyone is in a position to fight back and I don't want to marginalise the women that have been abused." Referring to her own # MeToo experience , Preity said that it also happened to her and she reacted to it strongly. "My reason for saying this 'I wish something like this would have happened to me, I would have reacted to it and much layer, when it did happen, I did react and the whole world saw it," she stated. The #MeToo movement, which began in Hollywood more than a year ago, gathered steam in India after actor Tanushree Dutta accused co-star Nana Patekar of alleg...

Actor Sandhya Mridul has opened up about her alleged sexual harassment at the hands of Alok Nath during the shooting of a telefilm, days after writer-producer Vinta Nanda accused him of rape. The actor, best known for her work in 1990-2000's TV shows such as "Banegi Apni Baat", "Swabhimaan" and "Koshish", shared details of her harrowing story in a lengthy Twitter note, saying the incident took place in the beginning of her career and shattered her confidence in the profession. Mridul said despite being the victim of Nath's overtures, it was she who suffered because he spread lies about her being a difficult person to work with. Nath essayed the role of her on-screen father, while late Reema Lagoo played her mother in the telefilm which was being shot in Kodaikanal. Read Complete Article Business Standard