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It's a win for Tamannaah Bhatia! Director apologises for objectifying women

Filmmaker forced to apologise for sexist comments after actress slams in on Twitter

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South Indian film director Suraaj has issued an apology for ‘objectifying’ actresses a day after he made a statement that he has his heroines' outfits shortened because female stars are expected to provide the glamour in a film, and not act. The director was criticised by Bahubali actress Tamannaah Bhatia, who wrote a strongly-worded note on Twitter on Monday night, which has since gone viral.

During a media interaction on Monday, Suraaj had said, “Whenever my costume designer presents my heroine in knee-length outfit, I'd ask him to cut it short. If my heroine gets angry, I'd tell her audience haven't paid so much for nothing," reported IANS. 

"Audiences pay money to watch the hero fight and heroines in full glamour. As a director, I don't like to see my heroines fully clad in a sari. If we're paying money to watch a film, we should expect Tamannaah to look glamorous. Any commercial film should have glamour," he said.

In response to these comments, Tamannaah wrote that the director’s comments prompted her to leave a show of Dangal midway. “This is 2016 and it is very ironic that I have to leave a film like Dangal, which talks of women empowerment. I am very hurt and angered by the comments made by my director Suraaj and I would definitely want him to apologise not only to me, but to all the women in the industry. We are actors and are here to act and entertain the audience and should not at any point be objectified as commodities. I have been working in the film industry for over 11 years and have worn costumes, which I have been comfortable with. It is sad that women in our country are spoken about so frivolously and I would like to tell my audiences that our industry should not be generalised due to comments made by one such individual,” she wrote. 

The tweet has since been retweeted over 1,800 times. After reading the comments, Suraaj apologised on Twitter. “I am really sorry and would like to apologise to Ms Tamannaah and all the heroines in the film industry. My intention was not to show anyone in bad light or hurt their sentiments. I am sorry once again and take back my comments." 

On Monday, Suraaj was also criticised by actress Nayanthara, who said, “How can a responsible person from film industry make such a crass and cheap comment? At a time when films like Pink and Dangal speak about women empowerment and respect to women, in which era does Suraaj belong to? A heroine wears skimpy clothes in commercial cinema only if she is comfortable and the script requires it. And which audience is he speaking about who pay money to see heroine in bad light?"

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