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MeToo saga in Malayalam Film Industry: All you need to know on origin, key findings and aftermath of Justice Hema Committee Report on sexual...

Paurush Gupta - 1 September, 2024

The Justice Hema Committee Report has revealed horrid tales of sexual abuse, illegal bans, discrimination, drug and alcohol abuse, wage disparity, and inhuman working conditions, especially for women.

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#MeToo in Malayalam film industry: Actress Charmila alleges director Hariharan dropped her from a movie for rejecting sexual demands, accuses producer of attempted rape

OpIndia Staff - 1 September, 2024

actress Charmila has levelled serious allegations against director Hariharan, claiming that he dropped her from Parinayam movie for rejecting his sexual advances

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Malayalam Film Industry: Mohanlal-led film body AMMA dissolves amid allegations of sexual harassment in Malayalam film industry

OpIndia Staff - 27 August, 2024

The statement from AMMA read, “We are hopeful that AMMA will have a new leadership capable of renewing and strengthening the association. Thanks to everyone for criticising and correcting."

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Actor Siddique resigns as General Secretary of Association of Malayalam Movie Artists amid resurfaced sexual assault allegations

OpIndia Staff - 25 August, 2024

On 24th August, Malayalam actor Siddique resigned from the post of General Secretary of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA).

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Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh win best actor awards at 70th National Film Awards, Aattam named the best movie- Read the full...

OpIndia Staff - 16 August, 2024

70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced; Aattam bags the Best Feature Film award

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Federation Of Western India Cine Employees boycotts Maldives, body advises producers to find alternative locations for shoots in India

OpIndia Staff - 11 January, 2024

The satement was signed by chief advisor Ashok Pandit, filmmaker; President BN Tiwari; General Secretary Ashok Dubey and Treasurer Gangeshwar Srivastav

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Tamil actor Vishal accuses Mumbai’s CBFC of corruption, reveals paying Rs 6.5 lakhs as bribe to get censor certificate for Hindi version of his...

ANI - 29 September, 2023

Tamil actor Vishal alleged that the Central Board of Film Certification in Mumbai took a bribe of Rs 6.5 lakh for the censor certification of the Hindi version of his film ‘Mark Antony’

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‘It hurts when films with regressive messaging make 100s of crores’: Aamir Khan’s ex-wife Kiran Rao goes on a similar rant as Naseeruddin Shah

OpIndia Staff - 14 September, 2023

After actor Naseeruddin Shah bemoaned the overwhelming response to Hindu-centric films such as 'The Kashmir Files' and 'The Kerala Story,' Bollywood actor Aamir Khan's ex-wife Kiran Rao went on a similar rant

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Rajnikanth Fever: Japanese couple travels all the way to Chennai from Japan to catch the first-day-first-show of his film Jailer

OpIndia Staff - 10 August, 2023

Japanese couple Yasuda Hidetoshi and his wife have travelled all the way from Japan to Chennai to catch the first-day-first-show of Rajnikanth starrer Jailer

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