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A report by Bollywood Hungama says the Maharashtra government could be setting up a committee to probe sexual assault matters in Bombay read more
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A few days back, the Hema Committee Report sent shockwaves across the country as it made some shocking revelations about the women facing sexual harassment in the Malayalam industry. But what about Bollywood? A report by Bollywood Hungama says the Maharashtra government could be setting up a committee to probe sexual assault matters in Bombay.
Veteran actress Asha Parekh said, “This must be probed at the highest level. The safety of women at their workplace must be the highest priority for the government.”
A filmmaker was quoted saying, “Some years ago that whole MeToo thing happened in Bollywood. But what was the result? Only the small fish were taken into the net. The really big players, and that includes a multi-content tycoon producer and an A-list hero known for his clean image, both of whom paid multi-crores to the accusers to hush up allegations against them. This time the biggest of heads will roll.”
Actress Parvathy Thiruvothu, who has been vocal about her thoughts and often speaks about gender equality in cinema, expressed her mixed feelings about the release of the report. “I am not okay with people saying, ‘The Malayalam industry is so rotten inside.’ No, we are good inside, which is why we are fixing it. The places where you don’t hear anything about, that’s where we should be worried,” Parvathy said while talking to NDTV.
Describing the sense of achievement as “bitter-sweet,” she revealed, “The first deposition happened sometime in 2018, and the report was submitted in 2019. It took so many years for it to come out. In these years, we had to beg, grovel, and fight.”
Hema Commission’s newly released report has exposed some shocking revelations about the Malayalam Film Industry, known for its out-of-the-box yet relevant stories. The report is also an expose of the toxicity of the people that work there and how they have been misusing their power and clout to prey on women that have the desire to act and be on celluloid.
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