(Web Desk) Actress Charmela of the Indian Malayalam industry has claimed that she was fired from 28 films for refusing to have physical relations.
There has been an uproar in India after the release of the Hema Committee report on the sexual exploitation of actresses in the Malayalam film industry. In such a situation, another actress Charmila has also made shocking revelations.
In a conversation with the Indian media, the actress said that 27 years ago she was harassed and tried to rape her. My work experience in Malayalam film industry is very painful. ‘ was shooting in Tamil Nadu and after the 3-day shoot was over, the production manager said to meet the producer before leaving, I wanted to take my assistant but I was forbidden to go alone.
He further said that when he forcibly took his two assistants with him, there were 7 to 8 drunken people in the producer’s room, one of whom attacked my assistant and tried to remove her saree, on which my When the male assistant stopped him, he was badly beaten.
Charmila said that while someone grabbed my hand, I bit it and ran outside the hotel to save my life and asked people for help. At that time, a group of rickshaw pullers was passing by, who helped me and father. Called then the police also arrived.
Charmela claimed that I was fired from 28 films because I refused to ‘adjust’ i.e. refuse to have a ‘physical relationship’ in exchange for work in the film in Codewords, recounting another incident and stating that Malayalam. Director Hariharan was met by me and actress Vishnu, we had coffee and discussed the script, then I was sent away, later actor Vishnu was told by the director to ask Charmela to ‘adjust’. When the actor refused, both of them had to wash their hands of the film.
Later, actor Vishnu confirmed Charmela’s allegation and said that director Hariharan had asked for an adjustment, which resulted in both being fired from the film.
It should be noted that the Hema Committee report on sexual exploitation of actresses in the Malayalam film industry has also stated that the biggest problem faced by women in the industry is sexual harassment and many women are afraid to speak openly about it. They are because they are afraid that if they say anything in this regard, the industry will ban and no one will work.
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Harassment of women is common in the industry, from directors, producers to production controllers, adjustment and compromise are common words in the Malayalam film industry and based on evidence, the report added. Big names of the industry are also involved in this.
2024-09-05 03:19:38