PANAJI: Actress Suhasini says boundaries are being crossed in Malayalam cinema. Compared to other film industries, those working in Malayalam cinema are not safe. The actress was speaking at a discussion on 'Women's Safety and Cinema' as part of the Goa International Film Festival.
'The film industry is different from other professions. In other fields, you can go home after work but in cinema, it's not like that. Two or three hundred people go to a place and live there like a family. When that happens, sometimes boundaries can be crossed knowingly or unknowingly.
I have asked my husband Mani Ratnam how he deals with those who cross the line on the set. He replied that he himself threw out one person who did so. If there are 200 people in a village without following any rules, there is a possibility of crossing the line there. The same thing is happening in Malayalam cinema.
After shooting in Tamil, I go to Chennai. If in Telugu, I go to Hyderabad. If in Kannada, I go to Bangalore. But that is not the case in Malayalam. "After the shoot for that day, you can't go back home because there is no such place there. That's why boundaries are being crossed there," Suhasini clarified in the discussion.