Sex Assault-Accused Kerala Actor, MLA Dropped From Film Body Panel
NDTV
Amid a flood of sex assault allegations against Mollywood figures, veteran actor Mohanlal resigned yesterday as head of AMMA, the film industry's actor's body.
The #MeToo scandal that has engulfed the Malayalam film industry since the Justice Hema Committee report was released - has its first political fallout - actor Mukesh, also a CPI(M) MLA, has been dropped from a state government panel to formulate cinema-related policies.
Mukesh has been accused of sexual assault by actor Minu Muneer, who said he and another actor, Jayasurya, had abused her on the set of a movie in 2013. Mukesh, she also said, had made unwanted advances when she sought his help to join the industry's actors' organisation, called AMMA.
"There is a lot of exploitation in this industry. I am a witness and victim. When I moved to Chennai, nobody reached out to me, asking me what had happened..." she told NDTV.
