Kerala film school students decry filmmaker Adoor’s ‘decked up’ women remark

Kerala By Sreerag PS January 4, 2023 Read the article

KR Narayanan National Institute of Visual Sciences and Arts (KRNNIVSA) students have come out in support of the sanitation staff.

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Earlier, the staff complained that they were made to work at the residence of the institute’s director, Shankar Mohan.

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They complained of inhuman behaviour at his residence — 10 km from the institute — saying they were forced to scrub toilets.

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The staff members, mostly women, also have the support of students, who have been demanding the removal of Mohan.

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“They are now stars on TV,” filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan, the chairman of KRNNIVSA, told a Malayalam television channel.

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“They deck up in their fineries and go to the media. They look as if they are part of WCC (Women in Cinema Collective).”

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He added that the women had been coached to give “interviews regularly”.

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“It is pathetic that someone like Adoor Gopalakrishnan making such comments,” Sreedev Suprakash, chairperson of the Students’ Council, told South First.

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“When Dr. Ambedkar wore a blazer, people initially mocked him. Only people with a feudal mindset could make such statements in this era.”

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So far, the government has set up two enquiry commissions to investigate the allegations against the film institute.

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