Aspiring Tollywood Actress Strip Naked In Protest Of Casting Couch In Telugu Film Industry

Women are taking charge of themselves and standing up for what is wrong. They are speaking up about their experiences with sexual harassment, abuse and violence. They are teaching the society a lesson that they can and they will fight back if pushed to it.

There are teenage girls who are beating the crap out of assaulters but there are also grown women taking drastic measures to make their voices heard.

Sri Reddy, an aspiring Tollywood actress resorted to what she called ‘strip protest’ to fight against the casting couch in Telugu film industry.

#Hyderabad: A Telugu actress took off her clothes in public at Telugu Film Chamber Of Commerce, she alleges that she has not been given a fair chance at work and that women are being exploited sexually by producers, members of Film Chamber. pic.twitter.com/z2Z9Zr465M

— ANI (@ANI) April 7, 2018

According to TNN, she stripped naked in front of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce at Filmnagar. She expressed that she had been sexually exploited by several directors and producers, apart from being denied membership of Movie Artistes Association.

She said that she has been forced to send nudes to people to seek roles. However, she hasn’t been given a role despite that. She said,

“They see the videos and give no roles. They have even asked for live nude videos from me. That is the extent to which they go to take advantage of women who seek roles.”

Sri Reddy came to the Chamber in a salwar suit and started stripping down to her undergarments.