Khushbu Sundar On Her Father’s Abuse, MeToo Allegations In Malayam Cinema, Hema Committee Report

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New Delhi:

Amid a ‘#MeToo’ storm within the Malayalam movie trade, actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar on Wednesday stated the Kerala government-appointed Justice Okay Hema Committee was “a lot wanted” to interrupt the abuse confronted by feminine professionals in cinema. Taking to her official X account, she stated the “MeToo” second prevailing in “our trade breaks you” and urged girls to not compromise.

The Justice Hema Committee was constituted after the 2017 actress assault case and its report was made public final week. The 235-page report notes cases of harassment and exploitation of ladies within the Malayalam cinema trade.

“Kudos to the ladies who’ve stood their floor and emerged victorious,” Ms Sundar wrote in a protracted publish on X.

“Abuse, asking for sexual favors, and anticipating girls to compromise to realize a foothold or speed up their careers exist in each area. Why is a girl alone anticipated to undergo the grind? Though males too face it, it is marginally girls who bear the brunt,” she added.

The worry of being shamed, sufferer blaming, and questions like “Why did you do it?” or “What made you do it?” break her, she stated.

The sufferer is likely to be a stranger to you or me, however she wants our “help, an ear to hear, and emotional backing” from us all, Ms Sundar, a BJP chief, stated.

“When questioning why she did not come out earlier, we have to contemplate her circumstances – not everyone seems to be privileged to talk out,” she added.

Khushbu Sundar On Father’s Abuse

Khushbu Sundar stated some individuals ask her what took her so lengthy to talk about her father’s abuse.

“I agree I ought to have spoken earlier. However what occurred to me, was not a compromise to construct my profession. I used to be abused by the hands of the one that was supposed to offer me the strongest arms to carry me if I fell,” she wrote

💔 This second of #MeToo prevailing in our trade breaks you. Kudos to the ladies who’ve stood their floor and emerged victorious. ✊ The #HemaCommittee was a lot wanted to interrupt the abuse. However will it?

Abuse, asking for sexual favors, and anticipating girls to compromise to…

— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) August 28, 2024

Ms Sundar, who has been a member of the Nationwide Fee for Ladies (NCW), stated final 12 months that she was sexually abused by her father on the age of 8.

When she was 15 years outdated, she began revolting towards her father who then left the household within the lurch, the actor-politician stated at a city corridor final 12 months.

Khushbu Sundar’s Warning To A Producer

Khushbu Sundar additionally spoke to NDTV on Wednesday and stated girls have to face up, come out and communicate up. Requested whether or not she confronted any such cases, she stated that there was a really stray incident when she had simply entered South Indian cinema. 

“There was a producer who approached me as a result of I used to be right here (the trade) alone and I did not have a Godfather. So in all probability this producer should have thought that I’d succumb to the stress,” she stated.

“He gave me type of a touch when he walked into my make-up room once I was taking pictures for a Telugu movie. I eliminated my slippers and informed him I put on 41 (the dimensions). Do you wish to take a whack proper right here or would you like me to hit you in entrance of the unit? And that put him in place,” she informed NDTV, including that ladies have to face up for themselves on the “very second”.

She additionally stated that not solely girls, however males also needs to come out and help them.

“As a result of we girls work in an environment pondering in all probability males round us can be there to help us and defend us. Sadly, that does not occur at instances,” she stated.