The Fifth Floor: Mollywood's MeToo

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Rampant abuse and 'mafia' style intimidations: these are the conditions thousands of women working in one of India's film industries allegedly faced for years. Following a damning report into Kerala’s Malayalam-language movie scene, BBC India reporter Sumedha Pal has been talking to actors, directors and producers to understand what's going on, and how the MeToo movement has changed the working environment for women in the wider Indian film industry.

Produced by Alice Gioia and Caroline Ferguson.

(Photo: Faranak Amidi. Credit: Tricia Yourkevich.)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
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0:21.0	This is the fifth floor at the heart of global storytelling with BBC
0:26.2	journalists from all around the world. I'm your host Parenak Ami D. When you think of India's film industry, music, colorful costumes and joy come to mind.
0:43.0	But what if behind all of this was a dark secret.
0:58.0	I was sexually assaulted on a film set over a decade ago.
1:02.0	The memory is too painful to recollect. He was a senior person in the industry and I was just
1:05.0	starting out. Rampant to abuse in mafia style
1:10.3	intimidation. These are the conditions thousands of women working in one of India's
1:15.8	multi-billion dollar film industries allegedly faced for years. Their accounts have come out after a damning report was made public in August
1:27.1	2024. BBC India reporter, Sumet Ha Pal, has been covering this story and she joins me now from Delhi.
1:34.7	Welcome Sumitha, it's great to have you on the show.
1:36.9	Thank you, Farinac, for having me.
1:39.0	So tell me about this report that came out in August. What's the context of it?
1:44.0	It's important to understand that India is a land of multilingualistic industries.
1:50.0	When we think of an entertainment space in India India one thinks of the biggest industry which is
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