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Home / News / Entertainment News / #MeToo has reached Pakistan. Will it ever come to Bollywood?
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    #MeToo has reached Pakistan. Will it ever come to Bollywood?

    Sneha Bengani
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    Last updated on Apr 20, 2018, 12:25 pm
    #MeToo has reached Pakistan. Will it ever come to Bollywood?
  • Pakistani singer Meesha Shafi accused singer-actor Ali Zafar of repeated sexual misconduct on Twitter yesterday.

    Zafar has categorically denied the claims and said he'd sue Shafi for levelling false allegations against him.

    Though it's too early to take sides, we can safely say #MeToo has reached Pakistan, a few months after it first took the world by storm.

    But will it ever come to Bollywood?

  • In this article
    Meesha Shafi breaks silence It's not like actresses haven't spoken up But the outbursts have been few, guarded, driven by agendas It's unlikely for Bollywood to ever have its #MeToo reckoning Men need to take responsibility too Shit has hit the fan. Speak, fellas! It's about time
  • Twitter Post

    Meesha Shafi breaks silence

  • Sharing this because I believe that by speaking out about my own experience of sexual harassment, I will break the culture of silence that permeates through our society. It is not easy to speak out.. but it is harder to stay silent. My conscience will not allow it anymore #MeToo pic.twitter.com/iwex7e1NLZ

    — Meesha Shafi (@itsmeeshashafi) April 19, 2018
  • Incidents

    It's not like actresses haven't spoken up

    It's not like actresses haven't spoken up
  • The silence around sexual abuse in the Indian film industry is deafening but it's not like no woman has ever come forward.

    Kangana Ranaut has repeatedly accused Aditya Pancholi of sexually/emotionally/physically harassing her when she was younger.

    More recently, Telugu actress Sri Reddy alleged she was not given fair chance to work in the film and was sexually exploited by directors/producers. She even held a semi-nude protest.

  • Details

    But the outbursts have been few, guarded, driven by agendas

    But the outbursts have been few, guarded, driven by agendas
  • The reason why #MeToo never picked up in Bollywood is because even its 'woke' actors play way too safe. They (Radhika Apte, Swara Bhaskar) would talk about their experiences, condemn the predators but not name them.

    And then there are others, who exploit it as a tool to market movies. Ever wondered why Kangana throws the muck around only before the release of her films?

  • Reasons

    It's unlikely for Bollywood to ever have its #MeToo reckoning

    It's unlikely for Bollywood to ever have its #MeToo reckoning
  • You ask why? Because the nexus is impenetrable, the nepotism generational, the hypocrisy shocking and the powerful indifferent.

    Why would you want to solve a problem when you are a part of it?

    In a video for the BBC, actress Kalki Koechlin gets it right. "It's a very difficult step to take. Because it's their career on the line," she says matter of factly.

  • Owning up

    Men need to take responsibility too

    Men need to take responsibility too
  • Vishesh Films chief, Mukesh Bhatt's Reuters interview of November 2017, sums up neatly just why a #MeToo is nearly impossible in Bollywood.

    When asked about the rampant sexual abuse in Indian film industry, he said, "What can we do? We cannot do any moral policing. We cannot keep moral cops outside every film office to see that no girl is being exploited."

  • Way out

    Shit has hit the fan. Speak, fellas! It's about time

    Shit has hit the fan. Speak, fellas! It's about time
  • If a singer in Pakistan — a country arguably more conservative than ours — can do it, why can't Bollywood superstars?

    Dear actors, it's time you stopped exploiting a global movement for personal gains. That's mocking, discrediting it and the brave women it represents.

    You must speak up, but in a way that counts. Because if not now, when? If not you, who?

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