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Hema Committee report is now tearing apart many haloed figures within Malayalam cinema. No names have been revealed in the report but the deluge of news reports emerging gives more than one cue for people to precisely point the actors involved. Many celebrities reacted to the report and now. one such response from Gowry Lekshmi is being discussed on social media space.

Gowry Lekshmi:

“I have been part of the industry for some long so the report did little to surprise me. We all knew how things worked within this space. There exists a silent male authoritarianism within the movie industry. To bring an effective change, women should come in decision-making roles.

On pay disparity: I don’t know when that day comes when everyone gets paid equally.

Not just actresses, but many others behind the camera also bear the brunt of abuse and molestation. Take my case; I came into the field as a songwriter and composer for the movie ‘Casanovva’ back in 2012. I was barely 15 years old back then. The music director who was 35 years then, approached me wrongly. You should know that it was my first entry into movies. If it was now, it would have been a case under POCSO section. He still remains a famous music director.”

The revelation from Gowry has already ignited the guess gaming going on social media to find the accused music director.