| No Images? Click here  This has been a particularly difficult week in B-Town. Nope, not for those moving in the power corridors of the industry but for the ones hoping to get their voices heard.As #MeToo nears its first anniversary, two major developments have happened: a major superstar went back on his position of being a supportive ally to someone who's now working with a filmmaker accused of sexual misconduct.Second, the first film addressing sexual harassment released and to literally nobody's surprise, it's about male victimhood. A detailed analysis of both these disturbing developments can be read below.While Hollywood is responding to #MeToo by making films that further validate the trauma of women who endured harassment (Bombshell/The Morning Show, both drop this fall), the Hindi film industry's cynical response is discouraging at best.Meanwhile, if you're exhausted by the current news cycle, as it can be, here's Vidya Balan recommending 4 shows to binge on over the weekend. Ajay Bahl’s Section 375 ends up being an irresponsible, dangerous film that seeks to dismiss the existence of unequal power structures in Bollywood and several other industries, ones that makes it easy for rich, powerful men to oppresses and harass women.Read Piyasree Dasgupta's full review here.  On Monday, Aamir Khan said in an interview that he will be working with director Subhash Kapoor in Mogul, a Gulshan Kumar biopic that will be produced by T-Series.This is a volte face from the star’s stand last year, when he chose to opt out of the project Kapoor was accused of sexual harassment – charges that resurfaced at the height of the #MeToo movement in India.Just how damaging is Khan's U-turn to the #MeToo movement in Bollywood? We take a look.  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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