#MeTooIndia: Raveena Tandon opens up about workplace harassment
Bollywood actress Raveena Tondon has spoken up about the workplace harassment, supporting the recent ongoing MeToo movement in B-Town. While talking to a news agency, she reveals how she was harassed by journalists and even lost couple of projects as she was called a “Delusional Liar”.
“I was never sexually harassed as I was not the one to just take it. I would give it back. But I can imagine the trauma that the young girls go through. It is so sad and disheartening to hear these stories. It angers me”, told the yesteryear actress.
“I have been through professional harassment. I did lose out on couple of films. There were few women journalists, who would tarnish our reputation in their magazines or newspapers. Like, from being called a liar to delusional liar, etc. They helped the heroes”, told Raveena in her interview.
While talking about her harassment experience, the actress added without taking any names, “They work in tandem to ruin an actress’s life”.
Raveena has been talking about the harassment issue over the social media lately.
Dear #Ravana ,this year we started a #metoo movement.We don’t need #Hanumanji to find you,your Karma will come to the fore,you will b exposed .#TimesUp cheers to the brave women who have stepped up fearlessly.May this revolution lead to safer/secure workplaces.#HappyDussehra
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) October 19, 2018
An old blog of mine is now making the rounds on different publication sites.This written two years ago, strangely now republished everywhere as a newly written blog,which actually has no connection with the #TanushreeDutta case.The blog deals with harassment at the workplace.
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) October 2, 2018
This is what I had tweeted in 2017 . pic.twitter.com/HCfIEaEAg9
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) October 2, 2018
This blog written long ago and that tweet of Priyanka’s intw, dec 17 . Been speaking about this since a long time that is sadly still relevant.There needs to be a clause with film studios that once an actor signed cannot be thrown out on just a personal whim.#WomensCommisionIndia pic.twitter.com/uu5169zbz0
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) October 2, 2018
Some not so clever people making a connect without any knowledge of https://t.co/crN2rtnzs8 observations are not my life alone.Its all what I’ve seen happen to women around in my industry.Colleagues and friends.Not targeting any one person.Infact remained friends did movies.
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) October 2, 2018
India’s #MeToo movement. Opening a can of worms… https://t.co/urOEjK4qXP
— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) October 5, 2018
In one of her tweets, she worte, “What defines harassment in a workplace? The fact that many industry wives and girlfriends are silent observers or instigators, when actor husbands destroy the careers of actresses after the chase and flirtation is over or have them replaced with other potential targets. Sometimes it is women also who are complacent because of insecurity or professional jealousy and have got other actresses removed from a project using their hero boyfriend or husband. And this is not fair”.
She added further, “It might not be sexual harassment but it is professional harassment. The clauses in the contracts need to be strong. If certain people have problem working with the actress, then they should step away. Why ruin the girl’s career?”.
Raveena is glad that women are finally opening up and is happy that they are finally being heard and is hopeful that the moment will bring the much-needed change in gender dynamics specially in Bollywood.
“I believe innocent until proven guilty. After the investigations are carried out, if the person is found guilty, then there also has to be legal action against them”, she added.
