Will Boycott Nana Patekar & Vikas Bahl If They Fail To Respond To Notice: FWICE
Federation of Western Cine India Employees (FWCIE) on Wedesday assured that film personalities Alok Nath, Nana Patekar and Vikas Bahl will face a boycott from its members if they do not respond.
MeToo:
Ashok
Pandit
to
take
strict
action
against
Nana
Patekar
if
found
guilty
in
Tanushree
Matter
Federation
of
Western
Cine
India
Employees
(FWCIE)
on
Wedesday
assured
that
film
personalities
Alok
Nath,
Nana
Patekar
and
Vikas
Bahl
will
face
a
boycott
from
its
members
if
they
do
not
respond
to
their
respective
show
cause
notices
in
the
given
period.
All
three
of
them
have
been
asked
to
respond
to
the
notices
within
10
days
of
their
respective
release.
"Anyone,
who
is
found
guilty
of
harassment
of
any
kind,
will
be
boycotted
by
the
federation.
No
one
from
the
federation
will
work
with
that
person,
howsoever
he
or
she
is
powerful,"
Ashoke
Pandit,
FWICE
chief
advisor,
told
reporters
here.
"If
Nana
Patekar,
Vikas
Bahl
and
Alok
Nath
fail
to
respond
to
our
show
cause
notices
within
10
days,
the
federation
will
boycott
them,"
he
added.
Indian
Film
&
Television
Directors' Association
(IFTDA)
on
Tuesday
sent
a
show
cause
notice
to
Bahl
after
allegations
of
sexual
harassment
resurfaced
against
the
director.
Last
year,
a
woman
employee
at
the
now
dissolved
Phantom
Films,
which
had
Bahl
as
one
of
the
partners
alongside
Anurag
Kashap,
Vikramaditya
Motwane
and
Madhu
Mantena,
had
alleged
that
Bahl
behaved
inappropriately
with
her
during
a
trip
to
Goa.
FWICE
said
it
has
set
up
a
women
grievances
redressal
cell.
"The
redressal
committee
will
sit
with
the
survivors
and
also
provide
them
legal
support," Pandit
said.
The
three-member
all-women
committee
will
be
headed
by
celebrated
TV
and
film
director
Swapna
Waghmare
Joshi
as
chairperson,
with
Bhavna
Talwar
as
convenor
and
Priyanka
Ghatak
as
co-convenor
and
will
be
supported
by
IFTDA's
executive
committee.
"We
want
to
create
a
fear
psychosis
so
that
no
one
even
dares
to
think
about
misusing
his
or
her
power.
At
the
same
time,
we
want
to
listen
to
the
other
party
as
well.
So,
we
will
give
them
time
to
respond.
If
they
fail
to
respond,
our
workers
will
not
work
with
them,"
Pandit
added.
After
Patekar
and
Bahl,
Nath
is
the
latest
celebrity
from
Hindi
cinema
to
have
been
accused
of
sexual
harassment.
Days
after
writer-director
Vinta
Nanda
accused
Nath,
who
worked
with
her
on
'90s
hit
show
"Tara",
of
rape,
Sandhya
Mridul
alleged
sexual
harassment
at
the
hands
of
the
actor
during
the
shooting
of
a
telefilm
in
the
beginning
of
her
career.