<p>National Award-winning actress and filmmaker Tannishtha Chatterjee has revealed that she has been diagnosed with stage 4 oligo metastatic cancer. She shared the news on Instagram, posting a photo of herself with a shaved head alongside the women who have stood by her during this challenging time.</p><h2>Tannishtha opens up about her battle</h2><p>“So the last 8 months have been incredibly difficult — to put it mildly. As if losing my father to Cancer was not enough. 8 months back, I got diagnosed with stage 4 oligo metastatic Cancer,” Tannishtha wrote in her post.</p><p>She also shared another photo with fellow actors Shabana Azmi, Dia Mirza, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vidya Balan, and Divya Dutta, expressing gratitude for their unwavering support. “I discovered an extraordinary kind of love, the kind that shows up, holds space, and never lets you feel alone,” she wrote.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Also Read: </strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/salman-khan-kicks-off-new-season-here-s-the-full-list-of-confirmed-contestants-1756049585300"><strong>Bigg Boss 19: Salman Khan kicks off new season; here's the full list of confirmed contestants</strong></a></p>

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<h2>What is stage 4 oligometastatic cancer?</h2><p>Stage 4 oligometastatic cancer is a form of metastatic cancer that has spread to different parts of the body but is not yet widespread. Treatment often involves surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy to extend life and, in some cases, achieve remission.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Also Read: Bigg Boss 19: </strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bigg-boss-19-bhojpuri-actor-neelam-giri-says-she-s-prepared-to-fight-if-someone-wrongs-her-exclusive-1756055551058"><strong>Bhojpuri actor Neelam Giri says she's prepared to fight if someone wrongs her | EXCLUSIVE</strong></a></p><h2>Tannishtha Chatterjee’s career highlights</h2><p>Tannishtha began her acting career with the 2003 Hindi film Swaraj, but it was her acclaimed performance in the German film Shadows of Time that earned her international recognition, screening at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festival. Over the years, she has appeared in both English and Hindi films and was honoured with the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention for her role in the 2011 film Dekh Indian Circus. In the same year, she made her directorial debut with Roam Rome Mein.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Also Read: </strong><a href="https://www.wionews.com/entertainment/bigg-boss-19-gaurav-khanna-s-participation-in-reality-show-garners-reaction-netizens-say-expectations-are-high-1756032475212"><strong>Bigg Boss 19: Gaurav Khanna's participation in reality show garners reaction, Netizens say, 'Expectations are high'</strong></a></p>

Actress and filmmaker Tannishtha Chatterjee opened up about her cancer battle, taking to Instagram, she shared that she has been diagnosed with Stage 4 oligo metastatic Cancer. She is best known for her work on films like Shadows of Time, Brick Lane, and Roam Rome Mein.

National Award-winning actress and filmmaker Tannishtha Chatterjee has revealed that she has been diagnosed with stage 4 oligo metastatic cancer. She shared the news on Instagram, posting a photo of herself with a shaved head alongside the women who have stood by her during this challenging time. Tannishtha opens up about her battle “So the last 8 months have been incredibly difficult — to put it mildly. As if losing my father to Cancer was not enough. 8 months back, I got diagnosed with stage 4 oligo metastatic Cancer,” Tannishtha wrote in her post. She also shared another photo with fellow actors Shabana Azmi, Dia Mirza, Konkona Sen Sharma, Vidya Balan, and Divya Dutta, expressing gratitude for their unwavering support. “I discovered an extraordinary kind of love, the kind that shows up, holds space, and never lets you feel alone,” she wrote. Also Read: Bigg Boss 19: Salman Khan kicks off new season; here's the full list of confirmed contestants

<p>Actress and filmmaker Tannishtha Chatterjee opened up about her cancer battle, taking to Instagram, she shared that she has been diagnosed with Stage 4 oligo metastatic Cancer. She is best known for her work on films like Shadows of Time, Brick Lane, and Roam Rome Mein.</p>

Tannishtha Chatterjee reveals she has been diagnosed with Stage 4 oligo metastatic Cancer

<p>A few days ago,actress Tannishtha Chatterjee&nbsp;was&nbsp;mocked for her dark skin-tone on an Indian comedy show. The actress was so deeply offended by the racist comments that she walked out of the show and expressed her resentment in an open letter on Facebook.</p>

<p>Here is how Bollywood&nbsp;&nbsp;backed her.</p>

<p>Actor Ajay Devgan stands against the racist comments :</p>

<p>&quot;There has to be a limit to humour. We all have a sense of humour, we all accept jokes on us. The person who is cracking the&nbsp;joke has to draw a line and for that the mindset needs to be changed&quot;</p>

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<p>Lisa Ray on the preconception of dark skin :</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&lsquo;Even considering that dark skin is a joke comes from very deep prejudice.&rsquo; <a href="https://t.co/ynH9bcTu8h">https://t.co/ynH9bcTu8h</a></p>
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<p>Nandita Das, who has previously endorssed a campaign called &#39;Dark Is Beautiful&#39; expressed her disapproval&nbsp;:</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">To be sexist, racist, regressive is just not funny. It is not cool. These days prejudices seem to surface more... <a href="https://t.co/NzM6YUzkOQ">https://t.co/NzM6YUzkOQ</a></p>
&mdash; Nandita Das (@nanditadas) <a href="https://twitter.com/nanditadas/status/781060943149228034">September 28, 2016</a></blockquote>
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<p>Singer Abhijit Majumder on dark skin vs dark heart :</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sickened to hear Tannishtha Chatterjee &mdash; watch her in Brick Lane &mdash; was bullied on a comedy show. Dark skin is gorgeous, a dark heart is not</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/mehtahansal">@mehtahansal</a> hypocrites like you are the last ones to speak on this issue. Racists,sexist,vulgar AIB roast is fun, this Aint? <a href="https://twitter.com/TannishthaC">@TannishthaC</a></p>
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<p>Paresh Rawal adresses the issue in the most quirky manner :</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Is it FAIR to talk about racism in this LOVELY country ? Think again n think hard ...</p>
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<p>The channel airing the show apologised to the actress on social media :</p>

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It is rather unfortunate that what you had expected to be a fun and novel experience turned out to be traumatic for you. <a href="https://t.co/1iH9A3FBIW">pic.twitter.com/1iH9A3FBIW</a></p>
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<p>The actress reacted to the channel saying :</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/ColorsTV">@ColorsTV</a> thank you for reaching out. But it&#39;s not abt me . N this is not personal . It is abt a prejudice . I wish they had made fun of me</p>
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<p>Here is Tannishtha Chatterjee&#39;s <a href="http://www.wionews.com/edge/exclusive-tannishtha-chatterjee-talks-about-racism-in-indian-media-and-society-6928">exclusive interview</a> on racism and stereotypes in India on&nbsp;WION&#39;s unreleased episode of Konversations</p>

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Celebrities express their views on the racist comments about Tannishtha Chatterjee's dark skin tone on a comedy show

A few days ago,actress Tannishtha Chatterjee was mocked for her dark skin-tone on an Indian comedy show. The actress was so deeply offended by the racist comments that she walked out of the show and expressed her resentment in an open letter on Facebook. Here is how Bollywood backed her. Actor Ajay Devgan stands against the racist comments : "There has to be a limit to humour. We all have a sense of humour, we all accept jokes on us. The person who is cracking the joke has to draw a line and for that the mindset needs to be changed" Source : PINKVILLA Lisa Ray on the preconception of dark skin : ‘Even considering that dark skin is a joke comes from very deep prejudice.’ https://t.co/ynH9bcTu8h — Lisa Ray (@Lisaraniray) September 29, 2016 × Nandita Das, who has previously endorssed a campaign called 'Dark Is Beautiful' expressed her disapproval : To be sexist, racist, regressive is just not funny. It is not cool. These days prejudices seem to surface more... https://t.co/NzM6YUzkOQ — Nandita Das (@nanditadas) September 28, 2016 × Singer Abhijit Majumder on dark skin vs dark heart : Sickened to hear Tannishtha Chatterjee — watch her in Brick Lane — was bullied on a comedy show. Dark skin is gorgeous, a dark heart is not — Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) September 28, 2016 × Paresh Rawal adresses the issue in the most quirky manner : Is it FAIR to talk about racism in this LOVELY country ? Think again n think hard ... — Paresh Rawal (@SirPareshRawal) September 28, 2016 × The channel airing the show apologised to the actress on social media : Dear @TannishthaC It is rather unfortunate that what you had expected to be a fun and novel experience turned out to be traumatic for you. pic.twitter.com/1iH9A3FBIW — COLORS (@ColorsTV) September 28, 2016 × The actress reacted to the channel saying : @ColorsTV thank you for reaching out. But it's not abt me . N this is not personal . It is abt a prejudice . I wish they had made fun of me — TannishthaChatterjee (@TannishthaC) September 28, 2016 × Here is Tannishtha Chatterjee's exclusive interview on racism and stereotypes in India on WION's unreleased episode of Konversations (WION) (Inputs from Devanshi Verma)

Bollywood speaks out in support of Tannishtha Chatterjee

<p>Indian actress Tannishtha Chatterjee has slammed the makers of the popular television show &#39;Comedy Nights Bachao&#39; for their insensitive and racist comments about her skin color.</p>

<p>The actress, 35, narrated her unpleasant experience on the show in a lengthy Facebook post and also spoke about the deep rooted caste and colour-related prejudices in the Indian society.</p>

<p>&quot;I was actually looking forward to being roasted. And then this show began. And this was an entirely novel understanding of roast that equates itself with bullying. And to my utmost horror, I soon realised that the only quality they found worth roasting about in me was my skin tone.... They could identify me only with that. I could not believe I was sitting in a nationally televised comedy show in 2016 in Mumbai amid such regressive (I can&#39;t call it humor), and blatantly racist content.&quot;</p>

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She rued how roasting had become synonymous with bullying and that making fun of one&#39;s physical attributes &quot;stems from deep prejudices.&quot;</p>

<p>&quot;I explained to them the common perception of roast and how it is different from bullying. That there is no humour value in a joke about someone&#39;s physical attributes especially one that stems from deep prejudices. I don&rsquo;t think they got it. Some friends also told me don&rsquo;t take it so seriously, it&rsquo;s just a comedy. I think that&rsquo;s what the show also thinks. It&rsquo;s all fun and games!</p>

<p>Except there is nothing funny about this. Precisely because - in a country where we still sell fair and lovely/handsome and show adverts, where people don&rsquo;t get jobs because of their complexion, where every matrimonial advert demands a fair bride or groom and the color bias is so strong, in a society which has a deep-seated problem with dark skin, which also has deep roots in our caste system, in a country where dark skin is marginalised, making fun of it is not roast. Even considering that dark skin is a joke comes from that very deep prejudice.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p>Tannishtha, known for her work in critically-acclaimed films such as Brick Lane, UnIndian and Angry Indian Goddesses, also said that she was worried about the &quot;white skin hangover&quot; and promoting such stereotypes on a national channel. Comedy Nights Bachao airs on Colors television.</p>

<p>&quot;Why does skin tone still lend itself to jokes? How is it funny to call someone dark? I don&rsquo;t get it.. In an India of 2016 I still have to be apologetic about my skin tone? What is this white-skin hangover? Where does all our pride as a nation go away when it comes to the acceptance that most of us have a darker skin tone? Once I was asked &#39;Your surname is Chatterjee?&#39;&nbsp;</p>

<p>&#39;Oh you are Brahmin.. What is your mother&#39;s surname? Maitra! Oh&hellip;. She is Brahmin too&hellip;&#39; And then indirectly he hinted how is my skin tone still dark&hellip;? This is so deep rooted and linked to our perceptions of caste, class and skin tone. Upper caste=Fair skin=touchable. Lower caste=dark skin=untouchable.&quot;<br />
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Colors, meanwhile, apologised for the &#39;unfortunate incident&#39; with a statement on Twitter.</p>

<p>&quot;It is rather unfortunate that what you had expected to be a fun and novel experience turned out to be traumatic for you.&quot;</p>

<p>Comedian Krushna Abhishek, who co-hosts &#39;Comedy Nights Bachao&#39; with Bharti Singh, meanwhile told DNA in an interview that the actress was doing this for publicity and was &quot;going overboard&quot; with her comments.</p>

<p>&quot;Tannishtha is going overboard. She is doing this for publicity. We always meet the actors before they come on the show. I had asked her if she had seen the show before and if she was familiar with our (roast) concept. She said she hadn&#39;t seen the show. She hadn&#39;t watched even AIB Roast. If she didn&#39;t know what it was, she shouldn&#39;t have come on the show. Secondly, we gave more importance to Radhika Apte who is a bigger star. That must have also been a problem for Tannishtha,&quot; Krushna Abhishek told DNA.</p>

<p>Tannishtha, whose work in the film &#39;Dekh Indian Circus&#39; fetched her a National Award in 2013, was promoting her film &#39;Parched&#39; on the show. &nbsp;The film opened to rave reviews in India on September 23.</p>

<p>(WION)</p>


The actress slammed the TV show makers on social media, said "dark skin jokes come from very deep prejudices"

Indian actress Tannishtha Chatterjee has slammed the makers of the popular television show 'Comedy Nights Bachao' for their insensitive and racist comments about her skin color. The actress, 35, narrated her unpleasant experience on the show in a lengthy Facebook post and also spoke about the deep rooted caste and colour-related prejudices in the Indian society. "I was actually looking forward to being roasted. And then this show began. And this was an entirely novel understanding of roast that equates itself with bullying. And to my utmost horror, I soon realised that the only quality they found worth roasting about in me was my skin tone.... They could identify me only with that. I could not believe I was sitting in a nationally televised comedy show in 2016 in Mumbai amid such regressive (I can't call it humor), and blatantly racist content." She rued how roasting had become synonymous with bullying and that making fun of one's physical attributes "stems from deep prejudices." "I explained to them the common perception of roast and how it is different from bullying. That there is no humour value in a joke about someone's physical attributes especially one that stems from deep prejudices. I don’t think they got it. Some friends also told me don’t take it so seriously, it’s just a comedy. I think that’s what the show also thinks. It’s all fun and games! Except there is nothing funny about this. Precisely because - in a country where we still sell fair and lovely/handsome and show adverts, where people don’t get jobs because of their complexion, where every matrimonial advert demands a fair bride or groom and the color bias is so strong, in a society which has a deep-seated problem with dark skin, which also has deep roots in our caste system, in a country where dark skin is marginalised, making fun of it is not roast. Even considering that dark skin is a joke comes from that very deep prejudice." Tannishtha, known for her work in critically-acclaimed films such as Brick Lane, UnIndian and Angry Indian Goddesses, also said that she was worried about the "white skin hangover" and promoting such stereotypes on a national channel. Comedy Nights Bachao airs on Colors television. "Why does skin tone still lend itself to jokes? How is it funny to call someone dark? I don’t get it.. In an India of 2016 I still have to be apologetic about my skin tone? What is this white-skin hangover? Where does all our pride as a nation go away when it comes to the acceptance that most of us have a darker skin tone? Once I was asked 'Your surname is Chatterjee?' 'Oh you are Brahmin.. What is your mother's surname? Maitra! Oh…. She is Brahmin too…' And then indirectly he hinted how is my skin tone still dark…? This is so deep rooted and linked to our perceptions of caste, class and skin tone. Upper caste=Fair skin=touchable. Lower caste=dark skin=untouchable." Colors, meanwhile, apologised for the 'unfortunate incident' with a statement on Twitter. "It is rather unfortunate that what you had expected to be a fun and novel experience turned out to be traumatic for you." Comedian Krushna Abhishek, who co-hosts 'Comedy Nights Bachao' with Bharti Singh, meanwhile told DNA in an interview that the actress was doing this for publicity and was "going overboard" with her comments. "Tannishtha is going overboard. She is doing this for publicity. We always meet the actors before they come on the show. I had asked her if she had seen the show before and if she was familiar with our (roast) concept. She said she hadn't seen the show. She hadn't watched even AIB Roast. If she didn't know what it was, she shouldn't have come on the show. Secondly, we gave more importance to Radhika Apte who is a bigger star. That must have also been a problem for Tannishtha," Krushna Abhishek told DNA. Tannishtha, whose work in the film 'Dekh Indian Circus' fetched her a National Award in 2013, was promoting her film 'Parched' on the show. The film opened to rave reviews in India on September 23. (WION)

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