Actor
Adil
Hussain
has
offered
support
to
the
growing
group
of
female
artistes
who
are
asking
the
reason
for
women's
absence
from
the
Bollywood
delegation
of
producers
and
actors
that
recently
met
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
to
discuss
issues
faced
by
the
film
industry.
On
Tuesday,
an
18-member
panel,
including
Akshay
Kumar,
Karan
Johar,
Ajay
Devgn,
Siddharth
Roy
Kapur,
Ritesh
Sidhwani
and
CBFC
chief
Prasoon
Joshi,
met
Modi
to
discuss
how
to
take
the
entertainment
industry
to
the
next
stage.
The
meeting
of
the
delegation
came
under
fire
on
Wednesday
for
its
exclusion
of
female
representation
with
some
activists
and
filmmakers
pointing
out
that
it
was
2018
and
asking,
"Where
are
the
women?"
Adil
took
to
Twitter
to
criticise
the
panel
that
met
the
prime
minister,
saying
it
has
become
the
habit
to
exclude
women
from
the
decision
making
process.
"Guess,
it
is
just
a
Normal.
Patriarchal.
Error...
I
mean,
not
intended
but
aaah...
You
know...
But
just
being
unaware...
And
aaa...
It's
the
Habit
of...
You
know...
excluding
the
women
folk
in
Decision
making
process...
It
will
take
time
for
the
men
folk
to
internalise
equality
(sic),"
he
wrote.
Earlier,
actor
Dia
Mirza
expressed
her
disappointment
over
the
same
and
shot
a
question
laced
with
sarcasm.
"This
is
wonderful!
Is
there
a
reason
why
there
were
no
women
in
this
room?" Dia
asked
while
tagging
Akshay
in
a
tweet.
Her
post
was
a
retweet
of
the
"Gold"
actor's
post
in
which
he
had
thanked
the
prime
minister
for
taking
out
time
for
the
panel.
When
a
user
asked
why
there
is
a
need
to
compare
women
with
men
at
all
places,
the
actor
shot
him
down
saying
the
debate
is
'not
about
competition'.
"...
It's
such
a
fundamental
thing.
If
we
hope
to
achieve
equality
we
must
be
included
in
all
conversations!
Of
course
women
are
doing
well.
We
are
doing
well
despite
the
fact
that
we
are
excluded.
And
doesn't
that
need
to
change?" she
wrote.
Actor
Sandhya
Mridul
also
retweeted
Akshay's
post
and
rued,
"Great.
We
women
have
no
issues
to
discuss.
Obviously."
In
a
year,
where
India
stumbled
upon
its
#MeToo
moment
leading
to
heated
debates
on
skewed
gender
politics
at
workplace,
including
showbiz,
filmmakers
and
directors
such
as
Leena
Yadav,
Alankrita
Shrivastava
and
Guneet
Monga,
among
many
on
social
media
criticised
the
panel
for
exclusion
of
women.