‘ It takes courage to speak up’

Mumbai: 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”.

“Not just as a woman but as an individual, your workplace has to be the safest environment after your home. You shouldn’t feel threatened or in danger while performing your duties, whatever profession you might be in. For Tanushree dutta to speak up about this takes a lot of courage to come out there and say these things. But if someone is choosing to come out and speak up, the least you can do is listen to them,” the Sui- Dhaga actress said.

The actor hoped that the incident will encourage more women to come forward and share their experiences.

“It’s not as if this does not happen everywhere. It will be nice if an atmosphere is created where women feel safe to come out and speak up,” she added.

Her co- star Varun Dhawan said it is not a good sign that it has taken ten years for people to react to the incident. Dutta had first spoken about the incident in 2008 but she did not get any support at that time.

“It happened in 2008 and we are reacting to it in 2018, it's not a good sign... If something like this happens on my film's set, I” ll personally make sure to prevent it.” she said.