From the house of “Thuppatta podunga tholi”, comes the man who is treated as one of the best directors of Tamil cinema. Oh yes.
During an audio launch, the filmmaker spoke about Pollachi issue and how women must be “controlled”.
He goes like this-
“Back in the day, there were certain restrictions on women. But with the inception of telephone those restrictions have gone.”
The filmmaker suggested that women are out of control these days, courtesy mobile phones. He added, “Can’t thread a needle without its permission.”
That’s not it.
“Women create a situation that allows mistakes to happen. Things will be alright if you (women) behave correctly. You can’t always only blame boys,” he said. His remarks were met with cheers and applause from the audience.
“Only boys were not at fault in the Pollachi case. They just exploited the weakness of yours (girls). You gave them that opportunity and that is a big mistake,” the filmmaker argued.
To make things worse, he added that men are capable of handling multiple women but the vice versa is not possible.
“We read in newspapers about a wife killing her husband, her baby to be with her lover. That’s why ladies should be in control. They should keep themselves in a limit. Self-regulate themselves,” he said.
Towards the end of this speech, he added that “A father buys his daughter a phone only for the purpose of protection, as a precautionary measure. [The girl] then chatting on the phone by herself paves the way for all kinds of mistakes.”
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