Artistes turn furious on actress’ brothel case issue
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oi-Staff
By By: Settu Shankar
The
Film
Employees
Federation
of
South
India
(FEFSI)
and
human
rights
organization
staged
a
protest
on
Wednesday
at
South
Indian
Film
Artistes" Association,
Chennai
condemning
a
report
on
actors
published
in
a
Tamil
daily
recently.
Actors
including
Rajinikanth,
Vijayakanth,
Surya,
Karthi
Sivakumar,
Arun
Vijay,
Radhika,
Revathi,
Sripriya,
Uravasi
and
directors
Selvamani,
Cheran,
Ramesh
Kanna
were
among
those
who
took
part
in
the
protest.
South
Indian
Film
Artistes" Association
president
R.
Sarath
Kumar
and
its
secretary
Radha
Ravi
also
participated.
Stressing
the
need
for
exercising
restraint
while,
publishing
reports
on
actors,
Rajinikanth
said
that
it
is
important
for
newspapers,
to
become
sensitive
to
the
emotions
of
people,
when
publishing
defamatory
reports.
Actor
Surya
and
director
Selvamani
suggested
that
FEFSI
should
have
legal
cell
to
deal
with
such
reports.
Actor
turned
politician
Vijayakanth
said
that
press
freedom
should
not
be
misused
and
media
should
avoid
hurting
sentiments
of
people.
Actors
Revathi,
Seetha,
Rohini
and
Nalini
condemned
the
media
report
and
urged
the
film
industry
to
stay
united
in
times
of
crises.
Earlier,
members
from
All
India
Democratic
Women"s
Association
and
women
members
of
FEFSI
raised
slogans
against
the
Tamil
daily
and
demanded
legal
action
against
those
responsible
for
the
report.