Tanushree: Hema Committee 'useless' in dealing with people like Nana
Tanushree Dutta, the actor who spearheaded the #MeToo movement in India, has criticized the recent Hema Committee Report on sexual harassment in the Malayalam film industry. The 235-page report, released on Monday, revealed 17 forms of exploitation against women, including casting couch, sexual favors, and rape threats. However, Dutta dismissed it as "useless," expressing her lack of faith in such committees and reports.
'Took them seven years to make a report?': Dutta
Speaking to News18 Showsha, Dutta expressed her disappointment and stated, "These committees and reports, I don't understand them. I think they're useless." "It took them seven years to make a report on what happened in 2017?" She was referring to the 2017 incident involving the sexual assault of a female Malayalam actor in Kochi, with actor Dileep being one of the accused.
'People like Nana and Dileep are narcissistic psychopaths...'
Dutta further added, "What's the point of this new report anyway? All they had to do was arrest the accused and enforce a strong law and order system." "I remember hearing about the Vishakha Committee, which came up with so many guidelines and prepared pages and pages of reports, but what happened after that? The names of the committees just keep changing." "People like Nana and Dileep are narcissistic psychopaths. There's no cure for them," Dutta stated.
Dutta called 'these predators' 'mentally ill'
Reacting to Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's statement on the government working toward a law for women's safety, Dutta said, "All this is just talk. Action is needed." "Who even follows all this paperwork? Even if they come up with a comprehensive cinema law, those who want to break the law will still break it." "These predators are all mentally ill." To recall, Dutta accused Patekar of sexual misconduct on the sets of Horn Ok Pleassss.
'People don't look at actresses as human beings...'
In the interview, Dutta also added, "People don't look at actresses as human beings but as morally corrupt entities—which is a very rudimentary perception—who don't have the right to dignity." "We aren't asking to be treated like queens, but we have the right to be treated with dignity and the right to protest. They use their male ego to reduce you to someone who's a nuisance."
