In Bigg Boss show, Last week, “Chithappu” Saravanan admitted to molesting and groping women deliberately on buses on an episode of Bigg Boss Tamil, while host Kamal Haasan was talking about the issues faced by women in crowded bus at peak hours in Tamilnadu. It happened when Kamal Haasan was talking about director Cheran allegedly ‘manhandling’ fellow contestant Meera Mithun.
Kamal Haasan tried to explain the difficulties of Tamilnadu middle class women facing physical harassment in government buses during peak hours, to make Meera realize that what she went through in a game was not a big deal. “There are also men who boards government bus only to touch women inappropriately” added Kamal Haasan. When he said this example, Saravanan, one of the Bigg Boss contestant raised his hand. “It seems Saravanan gave severe beating to a man who did it” said Kamal to the audience.
But Saravanan denied it and said that he is the one who did it deliberately during his college days which made the audience in the hall to burst out in laughter. Kamal Haasan also took it in a lighter note and sarcastically trolled him by referring one of his popular phrase from “Kanmani Anbodu” song.
However this incident does not go well among few women in social media, especially Chinmayi, famous singer and dubbing artist. She expressed her anger through a tweet which said “A Tamil channel aired a man proudly proclaiming he used the Public Bus Transport system to molest/grope women – to cheers from the audience. And this is a joke. To the audience. To the women clapping. To the molester. Damn.”
A Tamil channel aired a man proudly proclaiming he used the Public Bus Transport system to molest/grope women – to cheers from the audience.
And this is a joke. To the audience. To the women clapping. To the molester.
Damn. https://t.co/kaL7PMDw4u
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) July 27, 2019
Many people expressed their thought on the reply section of Chinmayi’s tweet. Meanwhile one of an user posted a picture of Kamal Haasan posing with his two daughters, Shruti Haasan and Akshara Haasan. The user defamed the actor for letting his daughter wear what they wish. He even abused him for it :
Few Tamilian fathers(?) feel proud to pose with daughters like this! For such a ‘liberal’ father,molestation in bus can be a casual thing which just happens!Normally we ask any father that whether such acts are acceptable if it happens to your daughter.kamal may say it’s ok! pic.twitter.com/Lyp8fgBpEr
— venkatnat (@venkatnat1) July 29, 2019
Chinmayi immediately asked him to stop dragging Kamal Haasan’s personal life into this :
Can you please stop this and stop dragging his daughters and his family?!
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) July 29, 2019
Check out the further conversation here :
Sure.I respect your concern&apologise.But he is an actor& politician.His daughters are actors.They posed for a photo & he publishes it with https://t.co/XtQYHNmpSZ an average father I feel disgusted. You found this photo as disgrace or out of context? Your conscience will answer.
— venkatnat (@venkatnat1) July 30, 2019
A father in a photo with his daughters makes you uncomfortable?! Why exactly?
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) July 30, 2019
Inappropriate dress. An average father like me would feel uncomfortable if public gaze my daughter differently. In a movie & while acting, its different. In public functions… well. Most of earlier generations like us aren’t ready for such liberal culture yet.
— venkatnat (@venkatnat1) July 30, 2019
Only the gaze is inappropriate. Please look above from her chest area and on to the face. Worrying about the porikkis about how the porikkis of the world will look and asking your daughter to dress accordingly and over protect your daughter changes nothing. You’ll make them weak
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) July 30, 2019
That is one way to shut those abusers ?? ain’t it ??
