SHOWBIZ has always been a patriarchal power set-up where if a woman speaks up, she is labelled as a trouble maker, said actor Swara Bhasker as the findings of the Justice Hema Committee report on sexual exploitation roiled the Malayalam film industry.

The actor, the first one from the Hindi film industry to publicly speak up on what is being described as Kerala’s #MeToo moment, shared a lengthy note on Instagram after reading the 233-page report by the government-appointed panel.

SHOWBIZ has always been a patriarchal power set-up where if a woman speaks up, she is labelled as a trouble maker, said actor Swara Bhasker as the findings of the Justice Hema Committee report on sexual exploitation roiled the Malayalam film industry.

The actor, the first one from the Hindi film industry to publicly speak up on what is being described as Kerala’s #MeToo moment, shared a lengthy note on Instagram after reading the 233-page report by the government-appointed panel.