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Nayanthara Slams Director Suraj For His Comments On Actresses Clothes!

Well done Nayan!

How and what should women in the glamour industry do to make sure their colleagues and misogynists respect them in their area of work? Many such incidents have been recorded where a ‘ridiculous’ comment puts out the inbuilt misogyny in their heads.

The latest one to top the list is Kaththi Sandai Director Suraj who made unacceptable comments during the promotion of the movie. According to sify, he said in an interview that actresses are paid in crores to not to cover-up but to add glamour to the movie in their itsy-bitsy clothes. He added, “If the costume designer comes to me with the heroine’s clothes covering up to the knee, I would strictly order them to shorten the length. I don’t mind even if my heroine is not happy or comfortable, but I insist and get it done. This is because audiences pay money to see the heroines in such clothes”.

Lashing out at his comments, Nayanthara expressed her disgust and displeasure. “How can a responsible person from film industry make such a crass and cheap comment? Who is Suraj to say such a derogative statement against heroines? Does he think that heroines are strippers who will come and shed their clothes just because they are paid money? Will he dare to speak such things about working women in his family? said Nayan according to reports.

She added, “At a time when films like Pink and Dangal speak about women empowerment and respect to women, in which era does Suraj belong to? A heroine wears skimpy clothes in commercial cinema only if she is comfortable and the script requires it. And which audience is he speaking about who pay money to see heroine in bad light? Our audiences who look up to film stars are far more mature and respects women more than Suraj does. And by making such comments that heroines take money to shed clothes, he is misleading the youngsters who will think this is what happens in cinema. I too have done my share of glamour in commercial films not because my director wanted to please that particular ‘low class’ of audience, but because it was my CHOICE. No one has the right to think that heroines can be taken for granted”.

The movie’s lead actress Tamannaah also spoke out against the director in a statement. She said,”This is 2016 and it is very ironic that I had to leave a film like Dangal in the middle which is on woman empowerment and to tackle this issue. I am very hurt and angered by the comments made by my director Suraj and I would definitely want him to apologise, not only to me, but to all women in the industry. We are actors, we are here to act and entertain the audience and should not at any point be objectified as commodities. I have been working in the South industry for over 11 years and have worn costumes which I have been comfortable with. It is sad that women in our country are spoken about so frivolously and I would like to tell my audiences that our industry should not be generalized by comments made by one such individual.”

If these reports are true, it’s a shame that many in the industry are tight-lipped about his comments.

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