The world does not seem to be a safe space for women currently. The Kolkata doctor’s rape and murder case sent shockwaves across the country, and now the Hema Committee Report has brought to the surface some serious s*xual harassment allegations against prominent celebs from the Malayalam film industry. Swara Bhasker recently reacted to the report and sympathised with the victims who had to go through it. She also reiterated the fact that the film industry has always been a male-dominated space and patriarchal. Read to know know more.
Swara Bhasker took to her social media handle to pen a note on the recently released Hema Committee Report. The shocking reports list some serious allegations of harassment against popular Malayalam film industry actors, producers and technicians. It has yet again started the #MeToo movement. Swara Bhasker penned her thoughts on the same and wrote that she relates to it. The actress also stated that the film industry is male-dominated and runs on a lot of money and if something wrong happens during the process and the person raises their voice, they are conveniently ignored.
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Swara Bhasker further added some powerful thoughts on the harassment cases in the film industry. She wrote that men in the industry are kept on a pedestal and if anything goes wrong against them, theythe women as ‘trouble-makers’. Swara Bhasker also wrote that similar things happen in other film industries and called it a collective fight where more women should come together and raise their voices. She called out the men in power who do not take accountability for creating an uncomfortable environment for women where they get no choice but to work.
Until now, the names that have come up in the Hema Committee Report are of Jayasurya, Ranjith and VK Prakash among others