Chinmayi has criticised journalist-turned-actor Rangaraj Pandey’s decision to launch Vairamuthu’s upcoming music video.
The senior journalist recently shared a poster with his picture on Twitter, announcing a video called Tamizh Panpadu by lyricist Vairamuthu, who has been accused of sexual harassment by Chinmayi and several others in the film industry.
Chinmayi responded to this and wrote, “When journalists as influential as Mr Pandey couldn’t grill, intimidate or even ask a few questions of Mr Vairamuthu. This is how the Boy’s club works. Drive the girls to death but celebrate molesters.”
When journalists as influential as Mr Pandey couldnt grill, intimidate or even ask a few questions of Mr Vairamuthu.
This is how the Boy’s club works.
Drive the girls to death but celebrate molesters.
?Nalla tamizh paNpaadu. https://t.co/LsbhP0LaX6
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) June 15, 2019
Well its been months since I filed a complaint. When powerful Sirs support other powerful Sirs, not even an investigation can happen. So much evidence about Radha Ravi and he got welcomed into the AIADMK. This is how it works 🙂
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) June 15, 2019
Wow. Even if one can get past Mr Vairamuthu,
Mr Ramesh Prabha is the absolute pits. I think it is clear now what Mr. Pandey’s stand is, ethically.— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) June 16, 2019
Rangaraj Pandey, who stepped down as the editor-in-chief of Thanthi TV a few months ago, had grilled Chinmayi in an interview during the MeToo movement in October last year. In the interview, he asked her to prove her MeToo allegations, asked why she called out harassers over a decade after the incident and didn’t resort to due process, and also said naming and shaming men was a threat to their work and careers.
Following the widely-reported interview, Chinmayi said that the media in Tamil Nadu was unkind to women coming out with their MeToo allegations, and work in the film industry has been hard to come by for accusers, while the accused have been signing up big projects.
Chinmayi was terminated from the South Indian Cine, Television Artistes and Dubbing Artistes Union following her allegations of harassment against Vairamuthu and after supported women calling out Dubbing Union president Radha Ravi of sexual harassment. Although her ban from the Union was temporarily lifted by the Court recently, she continued receiving work as a dubbing artist in Telugu, but not Tamil.
Yesterday, she tweeted that she finally dubbed for actress Samantha in the Tamil version of the Telugu film Oh Baby, directed by Nandini Reddy.
Aaaaaaand. I DUBBED IN TAMIL for Samantha.
Frankly it is only because of @nandureddy4u and @Samanthaprabhu2 that this was possible.
Here’s to women who make life better for other women. https://t.co/KO3dcpHobv https://t.co/0OtisVB1de
— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) June 17, 2019
Meanwhile, Rangaraj Pandey will be seen in the upcoming Ajith-starrer Nerkonda Paarvai (Pink Tamil remake), directed by H Vinoth, in which he reprises Piyush Mishra’s role of a lawyer fighting against the advocate played by Ajith and the woman who was molested and charged with attempted murder.
