Tanushree Dutta reacts to Sajid Khan's participation in Bigg Boss 16: 'I am appalled, will never watch the show'

Actress Tanushree Dutta recently reacted to filmmaker and Me Too accused Sajid Khan's participation in Salman Khan's Bigg Boss 16.

Sajid was accused by nine women of sexual assault allegations which include flashing his private parts, asking female actors to send him their nude pictures as part of the casting process, and watching porn in front of women.

Now, in an interview with ETimes, Tanushree, whose revelations kick-started the #MeToo movement in India in 2018, said she is appalled by Sajid's inclusion in the reality show.

She said she is speechless at the sheer irresponsibility of this action and the impact it would have on the public. The actress also stated she will never watch the show.

Tanushree also revealed that a production house, backed by a big business conglomerate, had offered her Rs 15 crore and 15 per cent profit share to sell them the rights to her life story so it could be made into a two-part web series. "It was an ambitious project and if it went through they were planning on approaching a top Bollywood actress or someone from theater to portray me. They also considered getting me on screen partly on every episode to narrate my feelings through my journey," she said.

"I almost agreed to this biopic, but I had 3 conditions. One, legal indemnity from any claims arising out of the project. Two, creative control and overview. Three, since I'm still very young and will do so much more going forward, I wanted to time bound it to 7 years and not a lifetime exclusivity. And I wanted to keep the book rights and biography rights to myself. They weren't agreeing to the conditions and kept offering me higher and higher amounts up to Rs 25 crore and percentage profit upto 50% for full life rights. I had no option but to refuse. I didn't want to rush into something I’d regret later," she added.

Tanushree, who was away from Bollywood for quite some years, came back in the limelight in 2018, when she accused Nana Patekar of sexually harassing her in 2009 on the sets of their film Horn Ok Pleasss.

Based on her complaint, a case was registered against Nana Patekar, choreographer Ganesh Acharya, the film's producer Samee Siddiqui and director Rakesh Sarang. The police informed the court that they found no evidence to prosecute Nana Patekar.

On the work front, she was last seen in the film 'Apartment'.