Tag: Metoo Movement

Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan on Wednesday stepped away from a film, as “someone” associated with it has been accused of sexual misconduct. Aamir and his wife Kiran Rao, who run production company Aamir Khan Productions, issued a statement late on Wednesday. “Two weeks ago, when traumatic #MeToo stories began emerging, it was brought to […]

New Delhi: Breaking its silence on sexual harassment cases emerging from the Indian entertainment and media industry under the “MeToo” movement, the NCW on Wednesday appealed to the affected women to lodge written complaints and assured of all possible help. “The National Commission for Women (NCW) has noticed that in many such cases, victims do […]

Mumbai: Actress Soha Ali Khan has come forward in support of Tanushree Dutta by saying it is very difficult to be a woman in a country like India. Soha said this on Monday while interacting with the media here at the press conference of Saavn’s ‘No Filter Neha Season 3’ along with Neha Dhupia, Sophie […]

Mumbai: Music composer Anu Malik Sunday said he is taking a break from singing reality show “Indian Idol” following various sexual harassment allegations against him. In a statement the music director, who has been attached with the show as a judge since 2004, said he decided to step away from it as he was not […]

Mumbai: Singer Shweta Pandit Wednesday accused music composer Anu Malik of harassment when she was a minor. In a lengthy post on Twitter, the singer accused Malik of being a “pedophile and sexual predator”, saying he misbehaved with her when she was a greenhorn in the Hindi music industry. “It was the year 2000 when […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump has mocked the #MeToo movement as he intensified his criticism of the campaign against sexual harassment and assault which nearly hit his Supreme Court pick Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Trump’s claim that #MeToo prevents him for using the phrase is his latest volley against the movement, which became a force after […]

Even as cyclonic storm ‘Titli’ is all set to hit Odisha early on Thursday morning, there is no sign on the state’s radar of another storm that has hit both mainstream and social media in India for nearly two weeks now: the #MeToo campaign that has already put a host of celebrities from the world […]

Mumbai: The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has issued a six-month non-cooperation directive to actor Alok Nath, who has been accused of rape by writer-director Vinta Nanda. The Indian Film & Television Directors’ Association (IFTDA) – the mother body of FWICE – made the announcement after he refused to show up for a […]

New Delhi: Popular singer Sonu Nigam has often shared his honest opinion on various socio-political issues, but politics is one area that he is not ready to enter right now. He has been outspoken about many topics like playing the national anthem in public places, the #MeToo movement and azaan loudspeakers. He has also shown […]

Mumbai: Hrithik Roshan-starrer “Super 30” has a new release date, finally. It will hit the screens on July 12. “Super 30” had earlier landed in a clash with actress Kangana Ranaut’s “Mental Hai Kya” on July 26, but Hrithik urged the makers of his film to shift its release date to avoid a “media circus”. […]

Mumbai: Actor Tanushree Dutta on Tuesday urged the Mumbai police commissioner to order a fresh probe into her allegation of molestation against actor Nana Patekar. Dutta demanded that the closure report filed by the police, saying that there was no evidence against Patekar, be scrapped, and the Crime Branch should take over the case. Suburban […]

New York: The MeToo movement that took the world by storm has led to a 14 per cent rise in reporting of sexual crimes during its first three months across the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. The MeToo movement started on October 15, 2017 after sexual misconduct allegations against former Hollywood producer […]

New Delhi: Actress Sunny Leone feels she lives in a bubble, and says that she would like to believe that the whole dialogue around women empowerment and the #MeToo movement has changed people’s mindset. After making quite an impact in the West, the #MeToo wave swept into Bollywood last year. It was triggered off when […]

Mumbai: Former beauty queen Tanushree Dutta turned heads in a black outfit. She is seen posing just like beauty queens – hands confidently placed on her waist and striking a pose. “Just some random clicks at a local Mumbai hotspot in Versova,” she captioned the photos posted on social media on Thursday. https://www.instagram.com/p/B8OL7xrlEER/ While one […]

#MeToo Movement started by actress Tanushree Dutta has seen its ups and downs. The movement started when the “Ashiq Banaya Aapne” actress accused senior actor Nana Patekar of touching her inappropriately during the shooting of a song for “Horn Okk Pleassss.” And this triggered many more such accusations and revelations. Prominent film personalities like director […]