Rima Kallingal, actor-producer and founding member of Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), has stressed that the purpose of Internal Complaint Committees (ICC) is not just to deal with sexual harassment complaints but to ensure all workers are treated in a fair manner.
Director-writer Muhsin Parari’s next film, titled Thallumala, will be produced by director-producer Aashiq Abu and actor Rima Kallingal. The film, starring Tovino Thomas and Soubin Shahir in the lead roles, is co-written by Ashraf Hamsa who directed Thamasha (2019).
Mamtha Mohandas, in a recent interview with The Times Of India, said that women who get into trouble are ‘responsible’ for it and that pretty women are more susceptible to attacks.
Malayalam actress Rima Kallingal, who is also part of Mollywood’s Women in Cinema Collective, is all praises for Frances McDormand, who won the Oscar for her performance in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri yesterday.
“I am a feminist and my feminism started with a fish fry,” that’s how Malayalam actress Rima Kallingal started her TEDx Talk on ‘Changing Gender Discrimination in the Movie Industry.’ The event was recently held in Thiruvananthapuram.
#Metoo, an online campaign exposing sexual assault and harassment is getting bigger and stronger by the day. The latest to join the movement are Malayalam actresses Parvathy and Rima Kallingal.
Malayalam actress Rima Kallingal is all set to play the female lead in a movie inspired by the recently launched Kochi Metro. The actress will play a salesgirl who happens to be a huge fan of E Sreedharan, the retired Engineering Service officer popularly known as the “Metro Man”.
Actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar, who is debuting as producer in the digital space with web series, Inside Edge, said that there is more freedom in the digital format. “It (digital format) gives you an extra amount of freedom…But eventually, it comes back to your aesthetics and sensibilities as you don’t go all out showing everything just because you have got freedom on digital platform,” Farhan told PTI.
Rima Kallingal will next be seen in a social satire, titled Abhaasam. The film will be directed by debutante Jubith Namdarath, and will also feature Suraj Venjaramoodu, Sheetal Shyam, Indrans in pivotal roles.
Actress-danseuse Rima Kallingal is one of the few Mollywood celebrities who has voiced opinion on the ongoing Sabarimala debate. “I am glad to be living in a time where this debate is happening. Let it be known and let it become common practise that you can question unfair and degrading traditions. Let everyone find their voice and self, irrespective of gender, class and religion. Let us look at the larger picture,” Rima wrote on her Facebook page on September 3.
Women in Kerala gathered on the New Year to form a 620 km long human chain in support of gender equality and to promise to hold tight to the renaissance values. A brainchild of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, the wall comes in the wake of the Sabarimala protests.
The female actor who was abducted and sexually assaulted in February 2017, publicly opened up for the first time, through her official social media account, on Monday. Soon, her post was widely shared by the members of Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), including actors Parvathy Thiruvothu, Anjali Menon, Geethu Mohandas, Rima Kallingal. Others from the film fraternity, like Prithviraj Sukumaran and Ashiq Abu, expressed their solidarity as well.
The trailer of Kannada film 3 Devi was released on social media on June 6 by several South Indian film personalities, including actors Mohanlal, Ashwin Kakumanu, and Rima Kallingal.
Baahubali producer Shobu Yarlagadda’s production house Arka Mediaworks will adapt Manu S Pillai’s award-winning book The Ivory Throne: Chronicles of The House of Travancore into an original series.In an e-mail interview to Silverscreen, Manu speaks about about the deal, why he thinks the series will resonate among all and how he’s always thought that Parvathy and Rima Kallingal would essay the two principal female characters if the book ever became a film or series.
Director Aashiq Abu, who along with his actor wife Rima Kallingal runs the production house ‘OPM Cinemas’ has announced that all future projects undertaken by the company will have an Internal Complaint Committee (ICC) to address the grievances of women working on them.
Curiously, it is not just Mammootty’s fans who are abusing Rima Kallingal and Anna Rajan, but fans of actors such as Dileep, who is one of the accused in a high-profile sexual abuse case, and also, Mohanlal.On Tuesday, September 26, Anna Rajan posted a happy note on Facebook, stating how grateful she was to actor Mammootty who called her on the phone and consoled her.
For the first time in the Malayalam film industry, a women’s collective is being formed. According to a Southlive news report, actress Manju Warrier, national award-winning editor Beena Paul, filmmaker Vidhu Vincent, and actresses Rima Kallingal and Sajitha Madathil are the founding members of this organisation.
“We can’t share any detail at this moment since nothing is finalized yet. We have started brainstorming. We will be meeting the chief minister today evening,” Beena Paul told Silverscreen.in.
A press note will be released soon, she added.
The Malayalam film Kaadu Pookkunna Neram is competing for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award nominations this year in the Best Foreign Language Cinema category. Written and directed by Dr Biju Damodaran, the film revolves around the conflict between the forces of authority and activists who fight for the rights of marginalised. Starring Rima Kallingal, Indrajith Sukumuran, Kaadu Pookkunna Neram released this September to critical acclaim.
Sung by P Jayachandran, the veteran playback singer, and yesteryear’s star singer Minmini, this melodious song is from the film Chirakodinja Kinavukal, a spoof-comedy. Composed by Deepak Dev, the video has Kunchakko Boban and Rima Kallingal taking a dig at the popular romantic song videos in Malayalam.
Aashiq, who entered Mollywood with Daddy Cool in 2009, shot to fame with the critically acclaimed 22 Female Kottayam which was released in 2012.The film has Rima Kallingal and Manju Warrier playing the titular roles – Rani and Padmini.It had Rima Kallingal, who later became his life partner, playing a Bangalore-based nurse seeking revenge against the men who sexually and emotionally assaulted her.
After actor Maala Parvathi, actors Shwetha Menon and Kukku Prameshwaran resigned, on Tuesday, from their posts on the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) of AMMA (Association of Malayalam Movie Artists) in protest over the organisation not taking any action against actor-producer Vijay Babu, who was recently charged in a rape case.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has urged the Kerala government to publish the recommendations and observations in the Hema Committee report.
The Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) has expressed concern over the transfer of ADGP Sreejith, who was leading the investigation into the 2017 female actor abduction and sexual assault case and the conspiracy to murder officers case. Actor Dileep stands as the primary accused in both the cases.
Actor Vinayakan, who predominantly works in Malayalam cinema, has been criticised for his misogynistic comments at a press meet organised by the team of the recently-released Malayalam film Oruthee, on Wednesday.
Kerala High Court on Thursday ordered film production houses in the Malayalam industry to form an internal complaints committee (ICC) as per the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) PoSH Act, 2013.