#MeToo Has Shaken Up The Patriarchy But The Patriarchs Won't Give In Easily: Sushant Singh
Darpan News Desk IANS, 22 Oct, 2018 01:09 AM
TV actor and CINTAA General Secretary Sushant Singh says the #MeToo movement in India has shaken up the patriarchy, adding there is a tough fight ahead as the patriarchs will not give in so easily.
"#MeToo in India -- the ugliness has shaken me up. It has shaken up the Patriarchy too. The patriarchs won't give in so easily. It's going to become uglier. Let's not celebrate right now, this is just the beginning. We've a very tough fight ahead of us. Don't stop now, else" Sushant tweeted:
The #MeToo movement in India started after actress and former beauty queen Tanushree Dutta in September recalled an unpleasant episode with veteran actor Nana Patekar from the sets of "Horn 'OK' Pleassss" in 2008.
After that, a slew of controversies surrounding Vikas Bahl, Sajid Khan, Anu Malik, Anirban Blah, Alok Nath, Chetan Bhagat, Gursimran Khamba and Kailash Kher have emerged.
The #MeToo movement began in Hollywood last year with The New York Times reporting multiple sexual assault allegations against Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. This led to the opening of a Pandora's box of complaints against celebrated personalities like Bill Cosby, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Spacey.
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Bollywood actress and global Unicef Goodwill Ambassador for Child Rights Priyanka Chopra has welcomed Unicef Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore on her maiden trip in India.
Indian films "Sanju", "Newton" and "Gali Guleiyan" have been nominated for the Best Asian Film Award at the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA).
Mega star Amitabh Bachchan, who is campaign ambassador of NDTV-Dettol's Banega Swachh India Cleanathon 2018, has said that there has to be continuity in cleanliness campaigns, then only we will be able to achieve goal of clean India.
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