MUMBAI – Global icon Priyanka Chopra revealed at a recent event that shehas been sexually harassed during her acting career and that sexualharassment had become a norm with women.
Speaking at the ’10th Annual Women in World Summit’ in New York, sheresponded to a question whether she had ever faced sexual harassmentherself. “Everybody in this room has probably faced one because it hadbecome a norm with women”, she said without going into further details.
“We always had a voice. Just nobody heard us. Now because of the support weare giving each other, people don’t have the power to shut us down. Andthat’s an incredibly powerful thing to see. Now if I have a story I don’tfeel I’m alone anymore – and I’m not ashamed of it”, she added.
After MeToo movement took Hollywood by storm, the campaign gained momentumis Bollywood too after last year actress Tanushree Dutta came forward withher #MeToo story, accusing Nana Patekar of harassing her in the past. Soonafter, more Bollywood bigwigs such as Sajid Khan, Alok Nath, Vikas Bahl andRajkumar Hirani got embroiled in the controversy after many women accusedthem of harassment.
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On work front, Priyanka will next be seen in Shonali Bose’s ‘The Sky IsPink’ alongside Farhan Akhtar and Zaira Wasim and in Sanjay Leela Bhansalihad said that he is in talks with PeeCee for a film.
