| Business as usual No Images? Click here  Earlier this week, Rajkumar Hirani, accused of sexual harassment, was announced as the jury head of the Malaysian International Film Festival while a film starring rape accused Alok Nath opened in theatres yesterday.Our main story this week is analysing how strategically the men in Bollywood are getting back to work, one project at a time.Read more about it below.Meanwhile, as the elections draw to a close, so does the looming threat of the Modi biopic that will release on May 24, a day after the results are announced. In case you missed it, here's our interview with the film's director, Omung Kumar, who struggled to defend his participation in the film.While nothing remarkable has dropped on streaming platforms, I'm quite looking forward to Netflix's Leila, a dystopian thriller starring Huma Qureshi which premieres June 14.And of course, there's the next season of Sacred Games, whose release date is *still* a mystery.Love this newsletter, hate it? Write to me at @aktalkies As the #MeToo movement in India loses momentum, the men accused of serious sexual crimes are already crafting their comeback.The release of ‘De De Pyaar De,’ a film starring Alok Nath, who was accused of violently raping Vinta Nanda, exposes the muscle power women in Bollywood are up against when they accuse a man of harassment.From Rajkumar Hirani to casting director Mukesh Chhabra, many of the accused are coming back to work as a complacent Bollywood looks the other way.  While there weren't any Indian movies selected to screen at Cannes, Indian actresses Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra, Kangana Ranaut and Hina Khan made a splash on Day one of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.Check out who wore what right here.  New to this email? You can sign up here.You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard.©2019 HuffPost India | Worldmark 3, FL 3, Aerocity, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi 110037 |
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