#MeToo: Producers Guild Of India To Set Up A Committee To Support The Movement In India!
The Producers Guild Of India lends its support to the #MeToo movement in India by setting up a committee to oversee sexual harassment in the work place.
Right
after
Tanushree
Dutta
came
out
in
the
open
leveling
allegations
against
Nana
Patekar
that
he
sexually
harassed
her
on
the
sets
of
Horn
OK
Please
in
2008,
several
other
actors,
comedians,
musicians
and
writers
have
been
accused
of
sexual
harassment
and
rape.
In
the
wake
of
all
the
multiple
cases,
the
Producers
Guild
of
India
released
a
statement
by
saying
that
it
will
extend
the
support
to
the
#MeToo
movement
in
India
by
calling
out
and
reporting
sexual
harassment
whenever
it
occurs
in
the
industry.
The
statement
read:
"Producers
Guild
of
India
extends
its
complete
support
to
the
movement
to
call
out
and
report
sexual
harassment
and
abuse
whenever
and
wherever
it
occurs
in
our
industry.
We
believe
that
there
is
an
urgent
need
to
set
up
a
robust
process
to
ensure
the
highest
standards
of
safety
for
employees
and
crew
members
at
the
workplace
-
whether
in
offices
or
on
sets
of
productions.
We
are
instituting
a
committee
within
the
Guild
to
lead
this
effort,
and
we
are
determined
to
stay
the
course
till
workplaces
in
the
industry
are
safe
spaces
for
everyone."
The
Producers
Guild
of
India
will
also
set
up
a
committee
to
oversee
the
sexual
harassment
incidents
and
will
ensure
the
highest
standards
of
safety
to
its
employees,
crew
members,
actors
and
members
of
the
production
house
-
whether
in
offices
or
on
sets
of
productions.
The
PGI
is
currently
headed
by
producer
Siddharth
Roy
Kapur
and
other
members
include
top
names
such
as
Ramesh
Sippy,
Ekta
Kapoor,
Mukesh
Bhatt,
Vishal
Bhardwaj,
Farhan
Akhtar,
Rajkumar
Hirani,
and
Ashutosh
Gowariker.