Mahesh Manjrekar on Nana Patekar: Actor and filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar has said that Nana Patekar was 'hurt without any reason' after actor Tanushree Dutta made false allegations against him. Speaking again on the controversy involving his friend, Manjrekar claimed that people present on the set where the incident took place had told him that nothing had happened.
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Dutta had accused Patekar of sexually harassing her on the sets of Horn OK Please in 2008. These allegations resurfaced in 2018 and became an important part of India's #MeToo movement. Patekar consistently denied these allegations. Manjrekar questioned why this controversy came into public discussion again and expressed regret that he had not met Patekar for the last time before his death on October 8, 2026. In an interview with News18 Marathi, Manjrekar said that he knew many people present during the shooting. He said that he knew what had happened because he knew the people present on the set.
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“Some people are like that. Even if everyone supports them and one person doesn't, they won't like it. That's fine. But then they bring up some old issue. I know what happened that day. Everyone on the set knew me, and I also know who was present there. It was highlighted without any reason,” Manjrekar said, claiming that he had spoken to people present during the shoot and they had told him that nothing had happened. He said that this controversy had a very bad effect on Patekar. “Everyone I knew on the set told me that nothing had happened. Nothing had happened. Nana suffered a lot for no reason. Such things should be ignored. But because of social media, everyone has their own opinion, and there is no cure for it,” he added.
Tanushree Dutta's allegations
This controversy dates back to 2008, when Dutta had accused Patekar of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior on the sets of Horn OK Please. She had alleged that he had touched her inappropriately during the shooting of a song in March that year. He also claimed that when he tried to leave the shooting location, the mob attacked his car.