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Meanwhile, supporting #MeToo movement, multi-lingual actor Shruti Hariharan said, “#MeToo movement gaining momentum is a healthy sign. FIRE is a registered body formed 18 months ago by a group of like-minded people in the Kannada film industry. To tackle sexual harassment, FIRE has constituted an 11-member Gender Sensitisation and Internal Complaints Committee (GSICC) in accordance with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Rules, 2013. He said KFCC has a committee of representatives of various film bodies and they were taking up sexual harassment cases whenever approached. When asked why FIRE was not favouring the GSICC within KFCC, Mr.
Chetan argued that KFCC is an umbrella body of the film industry and has too many responsibilities on hand..