This story is from October 15, 2018
#MeToo: 11 Bollywood directors vow not to work with sex offenders
MUMBAI: Sunday brought a decisive move in India’s
The signatories include Zoya Akhtar, Nandita Das, Konkona Sen Sharma, Meghna Gulzar, Gauri Shinde, Kiran Rao, Reema Kagti, Alankrita Shrivastava, Nitya Mehra, Ruchi Narain and Shonali Bose. “As women and filmmakers, we come together to support the #MeToolndia movement. We are in complete solidarity with the women who have come forward with honest accounts of harassment and assault. Our respect and admiration to them as their courage has started a revolution of welcome change,” the statement read.
In a Facebook post, Sri Reddy accused legislator Ashannagari Jeevan Reddy of harassing her and other actresses at a luxury hotel in tony Banjara Hills area of Hyderabad. tnn
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movement in the entertainment industry. Eleven prominent women filmmakers issued a joint statement announcing they would never work with any proven sexual offender.The signatories include Zoya Akhtar, Nandita Das, Konkona Sen Sharma, Meghna Gulzar, Gauri Shinde, Kiran Rao, Reema Kagti, Alankrita Shrivastava, Nitya Mehra, Ruchi Narain and Shonali Bose. “As women and filmmakers, we come together to support the #MeToolndia movement. We are in complete solidarity with the women who have come forward with honest accounts of harassment and assault. Our respect and admiration to them as their courage has started a revolution of welcome change,” the statement read.
In a Facebook post, Sri Reddy accused legislator Ashannagari Jeevan Reddy of harassing her and other actresses at a luxury hotel in tony Banjara Hills area of Hyderabad. tnn
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And rest of the male cine workers to take a wow not to work with any female co-workers for the fear of falsified ''me too'' campaign !Read allPost comment
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