Ever
since
Tamil
actress
Rekha
revealed
that
Kamal
Haasan
kissed
her
without
consent
in
K.
Balachander's
1986
film
Punnagai
Mannan,
netizens
have
been
demanding
Ulaganayagan
to
apologise
to
her.
In
an
old
video
of
the
film,
which
has
gone
viral
now,
Kamal
Haasan
and
Rekha
can
be
seen
standing
on
the
cliff
and
planning
to
jump
off
it.
However,
Kamal
unexpectedly
kisses
Rekha
on
the
lips
as
it
was
claimed
to
be
planned
with
the
director
without
her
consent.
Reacting
to
the
same,
singer
Chinmayi
Sripada,
who
is
known
for
her
outspoken
nature,
has
shown
her
anger
on
Twitter
over
the
same.
In
the
series
of
tweets,
Chinmayi
wrote,
"Rekha
maam
spoke
about
the
whole
episode
in
a
matter
of
fact
manner,
even
included
some
laughs
so
thag
she
isnt
attacked;
and
her
interviewer
laughed
as
well.
That's
the
extent
of
normalisation
women
have
had
to
go
into."(sic)
Rekha
maam
spoke
about
the
whole
episode
in
a
matter
of
fact
manner,
even
included
some
laughs
so
thag
she
isnt
attacked;
and
her
interviewer
laughed
as
well.
That’s
the
extent
of
normalisation
women
have
had
to
go
into.
"Point
is
-
Women
have
been
raised,
trained,
nurtured
and
trained,
generation
after
generation
to
sweep
abnormal,
bad
behaviour
by
men
under
the
carpet
and
normalise
it.
Which
is
why
the
Sowcar
Janaki
-
Y
Gee
Mahendra
interview
where
she
shamed
the
MeToo
movement
wasn't
surprising,"(sic)
she
added.
Point
is
-
Women
have
been
raised,
trained,
nurtured
and
trained,
generation
after
generation
to
sweep
abnormal,
bad
behaviour
by
men
under
the
carpet
and
normalise
it.
Which
is
why
the
Sowcar
Janaki
-
Y
Gee
Mahendra
interview
where
she
shamed
the
MeToo
movement
wasn’t
surprising
"This
viral
video
of
a
non-consensual
kiss
where
the
men
knew
they'd
orchestrate
a
kiss
and
it
would
be
over
in
a
shot
was
so
normal.
So
was
hitting
and
slapping
and
beating
people
on
sets
by
great
directors.
It
still
happens," Chinmayi
concluded.
This
viral
video
of
a
non-consensual
kiss
where
the
men
knew
they’d
orchestrate
a
kiss
and
it
would
be
over
in
a
shot
was
so
normal.
So
was
hitting
and
slapping
and
beating
people
on
sets
by
great
directors.
It
still
happens.
https://t.co/PbbCHqCCk5
For
those
who
are
unaware,
Rekha
revealed
in
an
interview
with
The
News
Minute
that
her
kissing
scene
with
Kamal
Haasan
in
Punnagai
Mannan
was
non-consensual.
The
director
is
no
more
in
the
world
but
Kamal
Haasan
has
not
yet
reacted
to
the
same.