Pawan had targeted some Telugu television channels for their coverage of Sri Reddy, who had abused his mother. He had called upon people to boycott three channels for what he calls making business out of nudity and profanity.
Amid Sri Reddy’s controversial allegations against Telugu film actors and producers, the Telangana government has decided to form a special cell to look into complaints of sexual exploitation.
Yes, after a meeting with representatives of Tollywood, Minister for Cinematography T. Srinivas Yadav announced that the special cell will be created in the Film Development Corporation.
The meeting convened by the minister with members of Movie Artists’ Association (MAA) and leading personalities of the Tollywood discussed the recent developments in Tollywood.
Yadav advised all to put an end to the controversy. He urged the industry representatives to ensure that such incidents do not recur.
The minister said if women artists face any problems, they could bring it to the notice of the police or ‘She’ teams of the police force, especially constituted to deal with sexual harassment.
He directed the authorities to provide proper facilities to women at the places of film shooting. The minister said the government would deal firmly with any complaints of harassment of women.
The meeting was called a day after popular actor and Jana Sena chief Pawan Kalyan asked MAA and Telugu Film Chamber to immediately take steps to end the controversy.
Pawan had targeted some Telugu television channels for their coverage of Sri Reddy, who had abused his mother. He had called upon people to boycott three channels for what he calls making business out of nudity and profanity.
Sri Reddy, a television anchor-turned-actress, had created a sensation by resorting to strip protest against casting couch in Tollywood in front of the office of Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce here on April 7.
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