| No Images? Click here  BUSINESS AS USUALThe past few weeks have been particularly difficult as far as the #MeToo movement in India is concerned. After Queen director Vikas Bahl, accused of sexual assault and harassment, was 'exonerated' by a committee, it was Nana Patekar's turn to get a 'clean chit.' The Mumbai police has said that they found no evidence against Patekar which is strange considering journalist Janice Sequeira's testimony, who was an eye-witness to the incident.Others such as Rajkumar Hirani have also moved on and word on the street is that the Sanju director, accused of serious sexual assault, is in talks with Shah Rukh Khan for a potential collaboration. Here's a piece on how the industry is quietly rehabilitating all the men accused of sexual assault.Well, just another day in Bollywood.Meanwhile, the new show I'm bingeing on is Netflix's Leila, a dystopian thriller starring Huma Qureshi and directed by Deepa Mehta. Wildly unsettling, creepy the show carries a sense of urgency and you should get to watching the show, like, now.Love this newsletter, hate it? Write to me @aktalkies Hours after the Mumbai police informed a local court on Thursday that they had no evidence to prosecute actor Nana Patekar in a sexual harassment case lodged against him by her, Tanushree Dutta termed the police force and legal system ‘corrupt.’In her statement, Dutta said, “A corrupt police force and legal system giving a clean chit to an even more corrupt person Nana who has been accused even in the past of bullying, intimidation and harassment by several women in the film Industry.”   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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