A day after Nana Patekar dismissed the allegations of sexual harassment levelled by actress Tanushree Dutta against him, several members of the film industry stepped out to support Dutta's efforts to speak out. Farhan Akhtar, Priyanka Chopra, Swara Bhasker and Richa Chadha were among the key names that took to Twitter to offer their support to the actress' cause.
Tweeting early in the morning, Chopra suggested that the world needed to 'believe in survivors', implying the questioning of Dutta's timing as irrelevant. Chopra remains the rare A-list actress to have stepped out openly in support of Dutta's claims so far.
However, none of the major stars of the industry have stepped out in support. Whether that changes remains to be seen.