Tanushree Dutta breaks down in viral video, alleges harassment at home since #MeToo whistleblowing in Bollywood

Dubai: A visibly distressed Tanushree Dutta broke down in tears inside her own home this week, claiming she is being harassed and lives in constant fear.

In a video now going viral on social media, the former actress and #MeToo trailblazer from Bollywood is seen crying and pleading for help.

“I’m sick and tired of this harassment!! It’s been going on since 2018,” she wrote in the caption. “Aaj fed up hokar maine police ko call kiya. Please someone help me [I was so fed up today, that I finally called the local police].”

The video shows Dutta sitting alone, trembling as she says:
“I am being harassed in my own home ... I just called the cops. They asked me to come to the police station to file a formal complaint. I will probably go tomorrow or day after. I’m not well. I’ve been tormented for years now.”

In a follow-up post, she shared audio of loud, unexplained banging noises outside her apartment and claimed this harassment has been ongoing for years.
“Since 2020, I’ve heard loud banging above my roof and outside my door at odd hours. I complained to the building management but eventually gave up. Now I just wear headphones and listen to Hindu mantras to stay sane,” she wrote.

Dutta, who also revealed she is battling chronic fatigue syndrome due to prolonged stress and anxiety, says she now lives alone and cannot trust anyone — not even domestic staff.
“I’ve had maids planted in my home. They’ve stolen from me. Now I do all the work myself. I’m sick, my house is a mess, I can’t function,” she added.

The emotional breakdown has rattled her fans, with netizens expressing concern and urging her to file a formal FIR.

But for those who’ve followed Dutta’s journey, this isn’t just about one disturbing night — it’s part of a years-long fight.

Back in 2018, during a midnight interview with Gulf News tabloid!, Dutta made headlines for being the first woman in Bollywood to name and shame her alleged sexual harasser — National Award-winning actor Nana Patekar.
“This is just about me speaking up my truth and creating awareness so that other women can come forward,” she said then, her voice calm but resolute even as she ate a late dinner during our call from Mumbai.

Her disclosure triggered India’s #MeToo movement — drawing comparisons to Hollywood’s Rose McGowan and Harvey Weinstein fallout — and cracked open Bollywood’s code of silence.

Dutta accused Patekar of making unwanted advances on the sets of Horn Ok Pleassss in 2008, during the filming of a dance sequence. What followed, she claimed, was a coordinated smear campaign to discredit and intimidate her.

“They broke my spirit by [expletive] shaming me and calling me a tantrum queen. But I’m here to set the record straight,” she told Gulf News back then.
“Why is it that when a woman speaks up, we say ‘allegedly abused,’ but when they talk nonsense about me, it’s accepted as fact? That’s the misogyny we face.”

Now, five years later, she says the harassment hasn’t stopped — it has only changed form.

“I’ll soon go to the police station and file a complaint. There’s much more I haven’t shared publicly yet, but I will. It’s going in the FIR,” she wrote in her latest post.

Tanushree Dutta may be emotionally exhausted and physically unwell, but the fire that made her the first woman to stand up in Bollywood’s #MeToo reckoning still burns within.

And once again, she’s refusing to be silenced — even if the battle is now being fought inside her own four walls.