Indian Malayalam film actress Charmela has alleged that she had to lose 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 Malayalam film industry.
After the release of this report, actresses in the Malayalam industry have accused co-actors and filmmakers of sexual harassment.
Now 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 an attempt was made to rape her. My work experience in Malayalam film industry is very painful.
He said that the shooting of the film 'Arjunan Piyalam Anshu Makkalam' released in 1997 was going on in Tamil Nadu and after the 3-day shoot was over, the production manager said to meet the producer before leaving, I will take my assistant. I wanted to but I was forbidden to go alone.
He further said that when I forcibly took my two assistants with me, 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
He said that during that time someone grabbed my hand, so I bit it and ran outside the hotel to save my life and asked for help from people. Did the police come?
Charmela claimed that I was fired from 28 films because I refused to 'adjust', meaning in code words refused to have a 'physical relationship' in return for film work.
The Indian actress mentioned another incident in the interview and said that I and actress Vishnu met Malayalam director Hariharan, we had coffee and discussed the script, then I was sent away.
He said that later the director asked actor Vishnu to ask Charmela to 'adjust', the actor refused and both had to abandon 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.
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 said. That the big names of the industry are also involved in it
