Séxual harassment in Tamil cinema too, says actress
tamil Nadu is currently feeling the effects of the recent crisis involving sexual harassment offenses in the malayalam film industry. Prominent performer and producer Kutti padmini has uncovered such offenses in tamil television. Similar claims were made by padmini in an interview with a television station, claiming that some women had committed suicide as a result of the ongoing sexual harassment they endured in the workplace, while many more suffered in silence.
Padmini expressed her agony at the mistreatment of women in the business and contended that similar to other professions like law or medicine, the sector should not be viewed as a "flesh trade." The fact that heterosexual directors and technicians frequently demand that women provide sexual favors for them in exchange for their employment in serials was especially unsettling. Many women choose not to report sexual harassment because it is impossible to prove. Because of the fantastic compensation, other ladies put up with it," the woman stated.
Padmini also spent a lot of time discussing the difficulties data-faced by industrial whistleblowers. She discussed the repercussions of speaking up, using the actor sri reddy and singer Chinmayi as examples, who were both banned following accusations of sexual harassment. While Sri Reddy's membership card was kept by the actor's organization, preventing her from acting in television serials, Chinmayi, who supported verbal abuse directed towards actor Radha Ravi, was barred for failing to follow the rules stating that new members must renew their membership.
Padmini also blasted the delay in the investigations of sexual harassment allegations in tamil films, bringing up a recent statement made by actor suresh Gopi in this respect, asking where the evidence was to support such a claim. How is evidence possible for anyone? They can use lie detector tests, much like the cbi does," she said, highlighting how difficult it is to establish an offender's guilt in these situations.
In addition to recounting how she was fired from a hindi film production when her mother protested about the exploitation, padmini herself recalled that she had also experienced child sexual assault while still an artist. The event Locked Onto One's Concentration This made the gravity of the issue and the challenges the victims data-faced more apparent. Following the publication of the Justice hema Committee report, which revealed significant issues pertaining to women's harassment in the malayalam film industry, additional findings have been made in tamil Nadu.
Padmini expressed her agony at the mistreatment of women in the business and contended that similar to other professions like law or medicine, the sector should not be viewed as a "flesh trade." The fact that heterosexual directors and technicians frequently demand that women provide sexual favors for them in exchange for their employment in serials was especially unsettling. Many women choose not to report sexual harassment because it is impossible to prove. Because of the fantastic compensation, other ladies put up with it," the woman stated.
Padmini also spent a lot of time discussing the difficulties data-faced by industrial whistleblowers. She discussed the repercussions of speaking up, using the actor sri reddy and singer Chinmayi as examples, who were both banned following accusations of sexual harassment. While Sri Reddy's membership card was kept by the actor's organization, preventing her from acting in television serials, Chinmayi, who supported verbal abuse directed towards actor Radha Ravi, was barred for failing to follow the rules stating that new members must renew their membership.
Padmini also blasted the delay in the investigations of sexual harassment allegations in tamil films, bringing up a recent statement made by actor suresh Gopi in this respect, asking where the evidence was to support such a claim. How is evidence possible for anyone? They can use lie detector tests, much like the cbi does," she said, highlighting how difficult it is to establish an offender's guilt in these situations.
In addition to recounting how she was fired from a hindi film production when her mother protested about the exploitation, padmini herself recalled that she had also experienced child sexual assault while still an artist. The event Locked Onto One's Concentration This made the gravity of the issue and the challenges the victims data-faced more apparent. Following the publication of the Justice hema Committee report, which revealed significant issues pertaining to women's harassment in the malayalam film industry, additional findings have been made in tamil Nadu.