Tollywood comes together for candle light walk in solidarity with Kolkata rape victim
By : Banda Prakash
Update: 2024-08-29 09:48 GMT
Telugu film trade bodies like Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce, Telugu Film Producers Council and Telangana state film chamber of Commerce and Movie Artistes Association joined hands and conducted a ‘candle light’ walk from film chamber in Jubilee Hills for more than 1 km to show solidarity with rape and murder victim of Kolkata doctor. “It was a heinous crime and we organised a walk yesterday night and it was quite successful,’ says Prasanna Kumar, general secretary of Telugu Film Producers Council. ‘More than 300 members participated in the event and Telugu film industry was able to show its solidarity to the victims and their family,’ he adds.
Among females Jeevitha Rajasekar, art director Surpriya, writer Anuradha Umerjee, Karate Kalyani and others joined the event. “Most of the males do respect and support women barring a few lumpen elements. We are able to work freely in the industry despite being a male-domain due to good support," said Jeevitha Rajaekhar who participated in the walk. “I wish more people would have joined the walk since it was Tollywood organized programme,’ she adds.
She claims that girls have to be proactive, alert and have to be very shrewd to avoid unhealthy moments. “I want girls to be on the phone with a friend while travelling in a car or public transport and also to inform their whereabouts at least to their friends to be safe and secure ,” she informs and adds, “Even boys have some work to do. For instance, if there is a 10 member group, boys definitely know about one or two rogues in their group. They should spot them and send them to rehab since perversion and disrespecting women is a kind of mental illness, needs medical attention, If they cross the limits, the boys have to inform cops to make them mends their ways,” she adds
Not just girls and woman, every member of the society has a role to play in safeguarding women and in curbing untoward happenings, she concludes