Did you know that Revathy helped a 17-year-old from harassment?

At the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC) press meet at Kochi, actresses Revathy, Parvathy, Padamapriya, Remya Nambeesan, Anjali Menon and other representatives urged the need to have a safe work-space environment. They spoke about the need to address grievances how the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) are shielding the accused (Dileep) in the actress assault case.

During the press meet veteran actress, Revathy cited an incident based on personal experience. She spoke about a harrowing experience of helping a 17-year-old from harassment. After the revelation, an advocate even filed a complaint on her asking why she had not filed a case back then. Responding to the accusations, Revathy issued a statement on the incident which happened 25 years ago.

”There seems to be some concerns regarding a statement I made during the press conference held by the WCC on 13 10.18 regarding an incident which took place years ago. I wish to clarify that the said incident happened 25-26 years back and not one and a half years back as some are projecting it to be. On that night at around at around 11.30 PM, a seventeen year old girl, whose identity I do not wish to disclose, came running to my room and knocked on my door. She said that some one repeatedly knocked at her door asking her to open and she did not know who it was. This happened inspite of her grandmother staying with her. I asked her to come inside the room and locked the door. She was scared and I was also equally scared and both of us waited out that night in fear. NO SEXUAL OR PHYSICAL ASSAULT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.That is an incident which has always troubled me all these years. During the press conference when we were discussing about safety of women in the Workplace, I thought I should share that experience since I did not want such incidents to be repeated any more. Though a lot of people might think it was a trivial issue it was a traumatic experience for me and that girl. No one should dare to come and scare a young artist into submission. There should be a stern warning given to one and all that ‘NO MEANS NO’ AND WE WILL NOT TOLERATE ANY NONSENSE. At that age I did not have the courage to go and confront who ever was out there that night. Since a lot of persons were calling me and asking about that incident I thought I had a responsibility to clarify it.” (sic)

This incident truly stresses the need to have a safe work environment for women. What do you guys think?