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    Actors fear being judged for opening about sexual harassment: Taapsee

    Actors fear being judged for opening about sexual harassment: Taapsee

    By Garima Bora
    (PTI desk)
    Jun 04, 2018
    06:22 pm

    What's the story

    "Pink" actor Taapsee Pannu says the reason why female actors have not called out sexual abusers in Hindi film industry is that they fear being judged and shamed.

    There are only a handful of Bollywood stars who have spoken about sexual harassment prevalent in the industry, without taking any names.

    "They think their ethics and characters will be questioned," she said.

    Taboos attached

    They find it a cheap way of publicity: Taapsee

    Taapsee says she did not face any sexual harassment, otherwise she would've "probably helped voicing it".

    "I am aware of it because I hear from people but the same people probably aren't ready to openly talk about it because there are a lot of taboos attached to it," she said.

    Taapsee added they find it as a cheap way of publicity.

    Insecurities

    Many insecurities holding them back: Taapsee

    The #MeToo campaign, which sparked off a movement in Hollywood late last year, is yet to arrive in Bollywood.

    "It's not who was wrong and right in that situation. They will look at the person with a doubt that 'you are exploiting this situation for your benefit'," Taapsee said.

    She added that such insecurities really haunt them and holds them back.

    Action heroine

    Big thing for outsiders to make an image in Bollywood

    Over the years with her films such as "Baby" and "Naam Shabana", the actor has earned the image of an action heroine.

    At the launch of her short film "Nitishastra" today, Taapsee said she does not view the label negatively.

    "In this industry, for an outsider to have any image without any acting, off-camera is a big thing," she said.

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