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"No one listens to you when you're a
nobody. If you're a celebrity and you talk
about it, it only becomes a shocking
headline," says Bollywood actress and
gender activist Kalki Koechlin in a news
segment with a UK-based news channel.
With the recent Harvey Weinstein sexual
harassment scandal as well as the Me Too
campaign going rampant in the West, one
wonders why women in Bollywood don't
speak up against sexual harassment that
they face through in the industry.
When Kalki was asked about the same by
the news channel, the actress stated, "It is a
very difficult step to take. Because it's their
career on the line. You are dealing with
hundreds of people throwing their opinions
at you. It can really shake a person
emotionally."
"I know several girls who are newcomers in
Bollywood struggling, going for auditions,
who are constantly being discriminated
because of the way they look. People say
you are too fat or comments being made or
being hit on. Having phone calls at two in
the morning from your casting director.
Things that no one is reporting and nobody
is researching because there is no famous
person to headline it. Men have been pretty
clueless about the fact that almost every
woman had been harassed in some way or
the other. We are just so numb to it. If you
get touched in a bus, we don't even think
anymore about it."
"I think it's important that you have a
support group. It can be online, a therapist,
family or friends. Both men and women
need to be having a dialogue with each
other, not against each other. That's really
important," Kalki added.
What is your take on Kalki's remarks? Let us
know in the comments below.
CREDITS: BBC.
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/kalki-koechlin-why-women-bollywood-dont-talk-about-sexual-harassment-its-their-career-line-395647.
nobody. If you're a celebrity and you talk
about it, it only becomes a shocking
headline," says Bollywood actress and
gender activist Kalki Koechlin in a news
segment with a UK-based news channel.
With the recent Harvey Weinstein sexual
harassment scandal as well as the Me Too
campaign going rampant in the West, one
wonders why women in Bollywood don't
speak up against sexual harassment that
they face through in the industry.
When Kalki was asked about the same by
the news channel, the actress stated, "It is a
very difficult step to take. Because it's their
career on the line. You are dealing with
hundreds of people throwing their opinions
at you. It can really shake a person
emotionally."
"I know several girls who are newcomers in
Bollywood struggling, going for auditions,
who are constantly being discriminated
because of the way they look. People say
you are too fat or comments being made or
being hit on. Having phone calls at two in
the morning from your casting director.
Things that no one is reporting and nobody
is researching because there is no famous
person to headline it. Men have been pretty
clueless about the fact that almost every
woman had been harassed in some way or
the other. We are just so numb to it. If you
get touched in a bus, we don't even think
anymore about it."
"I think it's important that you have a
support group. It can be online, a therapist,
family or friends. Both men and women
need to be having a dialogue with each
other, not against each other. That's really
important," Kalki added.
What is your take on Kalki's remarks? Let us
know in the comments below.
CREDITS: BBC.
https://www.pinkvilla.com/entertainment/news/kalki-koechlin-why-women-bollywood-dont-talk-about-sexual-harassment-its-their-career-line-395647.
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