Yesterday, a delegation of big names in Bollywood met Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi for a discussion about the entertainment industry. While the topics discussed were important ones, th meet grabbed headlines for all the wrong reasons. Several members from the fraternity including actors, CEOs of production houses and producers were a part of the discussion, but no female members were included in this delegation and this has agitated many Twitterati along with female artists and directors. They expressed their anger on the social media through their hard-hitting tweets. And we are not surprised at the anger as a group of 18 men and no woman was bound to attract criticism in the age of woman empowerment. (Also Read: Shahid Kapoor has a special message for PM Modi - read details)
This isn't a delegation. This is a men's delegation. The industry has very smart, wonderful and powerful women in every aspect of it. It can never be a fruitful interaction until and unless there is equal participation. https://t.co/Xh0xbJfyHx
shailendra (@shail9473) December 19, 2018
They were literally called out a few weeks ago for not having a single woman and nothing has changed today. Just a bunch of lame men https://t.co/k5CnT5B71N
Raani (@WastedHoe) December 19, 2018
MALE delegation. Giving their MALE views. What a tone deaf, tactless move. #MeToo https://t.co/XmvEpSaqGk
Narayani Basu (@narayani_basu) December 19, 2018
Where are the women???? Not even a single female personality from the film industry deserved an invite? https://t.co/nR0SFcoN5u
suman ghosh (@sg61us) December 19, 2018
The women in this photo are so good at camouflaging, wow. https://t.co/iuT3jtlGHb
Little One aka Sulagna (@BeingChatterjee) December 19, 2018
Would be great to have female representation in these delegations. It is 2018. https://t.co/HoxGbptgwX
Alankrita Shrivastava (@alankrita601) December 18, 2018
More proof that reinforces we need affirmative action. Clearly women are not even on invite lists. Forget bottom of the lists. https://t.co/ZpvCSMbmjX
Aparna Jain (@Aparna) December 18, 2018
No women member.
No South Indian representation at all.
Pretty sure issues like dubbing, theatre issues in the South,high rates in multiplex,safety of women weren't even on the agenda.
Diversity anyone?
For the nth time,Indian cinema is not equal to just Bollywood! https://t.co/zbSwVSNIVR
Raghavendra G (@The__Raghu) December 19, 2018
18 men. zero women. https://t.co/Bm0Jx7IaG0
Neha Sharma (@mmiinniii) December 18, 2018
Among the many issues discussed, the delegation's most prominent requests were the revision of GST rates along with the development of global entertainment.
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