Ajay Devgn on working with Alok Nath in De De Pyaar De: I am extremely sensitive to the #MeToo movementhttps://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/ajay-devgn-statement-me-too-alok-nath-de-de-pyaar-de-film-tanushree-dutta-vinta-nanda-5682760/


Ajay Devgn has issued a statement on working with the #MeToo movement accused Alok Nath in De De Pyaar De. This comes after Tanushree Dutta called Devgn a "hypocrite" and blamed him of not replacing Alok from the film.

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Alok Nath’s appearance in Ajay Devgn starrer De De Pyaar De’s trailer was received with a lot of backlash.

Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn on Thursday issued a statement about working with Alok Nath in De De Pyaar De. In the wake of the #MeToo movement, Alok was accused of sexually assaulting multiple women in the past.

Ajay, who will be seen sharing screen space with Alok in the upcoming film, has called out the industry for singling him out as being insensitive. He reiterated his claim of supporting all women who have been victims of atrocities at their workplace. In the official statement, the actor explained that Alok worked on the film much before the accusations surfaced and how dropping him from the project would have been very difficult. He further said, “I am extremely sensitive to the #MeToo movement.”

Ajay Devgn’s statement comes two days after Tanushree Dutta, who spearheaded the #MeToo movement called the actor a “spineless hypocrite” for putting on a facade of being a family man just to promote his career.

Here’s what Ajay Devgn said in the statement on Thursday:



Coming to the question of having worked with Mr Alok Nath in my upcoming film De De Pyar De, here I must put certain things in perspective.


I reiterate I am extremely sensitive to the #MeToo movement. But when circumstances are beyond me, I don’t see why an attempt is being made to ‘single’ me out as being insensitive. This is untrue.”

Read here what Tanushree Dutta wrote in her statement against Ajay Devgn and his film De De Pyaar De:

“Tinsel town is full of liars, showoffs and spineless hypocrites. And it seems by a large public consensus that the sign post is pointing currently at Ajay Devgn. During the #MeToo movement in India, the actor had tweeted and sworn never to work with those accused and now in a surprising and convenient turn of events is working with rape and harassment accused Alok Nath and supporting him to make a comeback in Bollywood. Doesn’t this prove yet again that your big Bollywood heroes are truly zeroes!

Overrated actors and human beings who have created a clout by clever PR machinery and careful manipulation of public sentiments. Old stuffy morons who can’t tell the difference between what’s right and wrong and what is the need of the hour! So would it be so difficult to just edit out Alok Nath’s portions in the film and hire someone else and reshoot those bits even before the film promotions started? Nobody even knew before the posters and trailers that Alok Nath is in the film so if Ajay Devgn and the makers wanted they could have just quietly replaced him and re-shot his portions (which is barely 10-15 days for character actors in Bollywood) and given Vinta Nanda the respect she deserves as well as several other women who were troubled by this guy. But no! They had to keep the alleged rapist in their film and rub it on not only Vinta’s but on all our faces as a show of solidarity with all rapists, molesters and harassers of Bollywood and an even greater show of arrogance and defiance against all things morally and conscientiously right.


The law and order in India has always been skewed against the victims of sexual crimes and that’s why the criminals have always been out on bail. The burden of proof is always on the poor woman and hence justice in court has been a far fetched dream mostly apart from very few exceptions that too after years perhaps. But now we know that even the bigwigs of Bollywood not only love to support such creepy individuals but when you question them, they give weird answers! The disgrace is not in the question or the topic but in your own conscience and soul! You are the disgrace!

I hope and pray that someday Bollywood can be free of such lowlifes enjoying the adulation of millions but socially so irresponsible. We need to have real heroes and heroines in Bollywood. Real men and women who stand up for the dignity of helpless folks. Be living examples of compassion, goodwill and heroism and make a real impact in the nation by using their power and position to help rather than derail movements such as #MeToo and other causes and lead by example. Till then no option but to put up with these fake heroes and their even faker rag doll heroines!”