HYDERABAD: Close on the heels of Sri Reddy’s protest against sexual harassment in
Tollywood
, another Telugu actress has announced a ‘satyagraha’ against the ‘prevalence of the casting couch’ in the film industry.
Maadhavi
Latha has urged women in Tollywood to bring to her notice sexual harassment cases and announced that a meeting of all harassment victims would be organised soon.
“I have been the first one to expose the existence of the casting couch in the film industry and will fight against it,” she said on Facebook. Maadhavi Latha has appeared in Telugu films such as ‘Athidi’, ‘Nachavule’, ‘Snehitudu’ and ‘Arvind 2’.
Meanwhile, Telugu film producer
Kona Venkat has threatened legal action against Sri Reddy for levelling allegations against him.
“I’m shocked with some allegations made by one actress against some film personalities including me. I demand that the government conduct a through police investigation into these allegations and punish the guilty. Truth must prevail legal action follows!!” he tweeted.
Interestingly, the film chamber has distanced itself, with the Movie Artistes’ Association president
Sivaji Raja saying Kona Venkat would have to deal with the issue himself.
Sushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyde...
Read MoreSushil Rao is Editor-Special Reports, at The Times of India, Hyderabad. He began his journalism career at the age of 20 in 1988. He is a gold medalist in journalism from the Department of Communication and Journalism, Arts College, Osmania University, Hyderabad from where he did his post-graduation from. He has been with The Times of India’s Hyderabad edition since its launch in 2000. He has also done an introductory course in film studies from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, and also from the Central University of Kerala equipping himself with the knowledge of filmmaking for film criticism. He has authored four books. In his career spanning 34 years, he has worked for five newspapers and has also done television reporting. He was also a web journalist during internet’s infancy in the mid 1990s in India. He covers defence, politics, diaspora, innovation, administration, the film industry, Hyderabad city and Telangana state, and human interest stories. He is also a podcaster, blogger, does video reporting and makes documentaries.
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