Kerala HC to form special bench to address harassment allegations in Malayalam film industry | Kochi News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Kerala high court has decided to form a special bench to hear matters related to the Justice K Hema committee report that cited instances of harassment and exploitation of women in the Malayalam film industry also known as Mollywood, Bar and Bench website reported.Multiple FIRs have been registered against many high profile…

Read More

Entire Mollywood is answerable: Mohanlal on Hema panel report | Thiruvananthapuram News – Times of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Malayalam film industry is going through a “huge crisis” and it is unfair to blame Association of Malayalam Movie Artists alone as there are 21 such forums, actor Mohanlal said Saturday in his first reaction to allegations of harassment after release of the Hema Committee report.Speaking after inaugurating Kerala Cricket League, Mohanlal asserted that…

Read More

Malayalam filmmaker, actor quit posts over sexual abuse charges | India News – Times of India

T’PURAM: Director-screenwriter and Kerala Chalachitra Academy chairman Ranjith and Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) general secretary and actor Siddique resigned on Sunday from their posts over allegations of sexual harassment, while Kerala’s govt formed a police special team to probe the findings of the Justice K Hema Committee report and subsequent revelations and charges…

Read More

Mollywood under grip of an all-male coterie, says report – Times of India

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Justice Hema Committee report paints a sordid picture of humiliating “compromises” that women are forced to make to survive in Malayalam film industry, including being subjected to ‘casting couch‘ – having to dole out sexual favours to industry’s high and mighty or risking a premature end to careers. It shows that disparity in remuneration…

Read More

Mollywood under grip of an all-male coterie, says report | India News – Times of India

Report of 3-member panel of retired HC judge K Hema, star Sharadha and retired IAS officer K B Valsala Kumari was released following a HC observation THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Justice Hema Committee report paints a sordid picture of humiliating “compromises” that women are forced to make to survive in Malayalam film industry, including being subjected to ‘casting…

Read More