Rarely has the sound of heads rolling sounded sweeter. The first to go after the lid was blown off the Malayalam film industry’s rampant sexual and other abuse of women were actor Siddique and filmmaker Ranjith. By Thursday, Siddique had been charged with rape, and Communist Party of India (Marxist) MLA Mukesh had to get a court order to protect him from arrest, for now.
Some are calling this the industry’s MeToo movement. Certainly, events following the release of the Justice K Hema committee’s report on the working conditions for women in the Malayalam film industry have taken on a life of their own. Even the Pinarayi Vijayan government, which sat on the report since December 2019, has announced it will investigate its findings.
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