TRANSWOMAN MAKE-UP ARTIST ALLEGES VETERAN ACTRESS'S SON SENT HER NUDES; ACTRESS SAYS IT WAS CONSENSUAL
Home > Tamil Movies > Tamil Cinema NewsA storm is brewing in Mollywood. Transwoman make-up artist Seema Vineeth had alleged that veteran actress Maala Parvathi's son Anantha Krishnan had sent her sexually explicit messages and nudes. Seema had told ToI, "A day before yesterday, I was scrolling through some of the unread messages, which I received on Facebook. As I am a makeup artist, I receive enquiries from clients and hence I go through such unread messages once in a while. And then, it came to my notice that Anantha Krishnan had sent me sexually explicit messages and nude pictures, which outrage the modesty of a woman and also question my gender. I soon blocked the person and took screenshots of the same. The messages dated years back and he had been sending the same over the last couple of years. I guess he is not my friend on Facebook but might be following my profile. Initially, I didn’t want to mention the name of Anantha Krishnan or his mother actress Maala Parvathi on the note I posted on Facebook. But then I thought that he is the son of a popular Malayalam actress, who has always fought for women and voiced her opinion against the abuse of women. After a couple of hours, Maala Parvathi called me over the phone. She apologized for her son’s act and said that her son had confessed, he was guilty of the same and it was a mistake. I have voice records of the same."
However, the controversy soon took another turn when it was suggested that Seema was looking for a compromise that involved money. The make-up artist lashed out at this and said, "But yesterday, she put up a post saying that I have asked for compensation. That’s odd. That is close to pricing my individuality and modesty. I have never asked for monetary benefits or compensation. Let them bring a proof to the same if I have asked them directly or indirectly. I feel the whole incident is being politicized here. This is something that questions my personality. And hence I decided to reveal the name. There were a few similar incidents earlier, and I have been vocal about the same. But this is being politicized, maybe because the person is a popular actor’s son? I didn’t mention the names until Maala Parvathi called me and put up that post. I want justice. Why should a mother call me for the heinous act her son did. Why didn’t the person himself apologize? I have spoken with my advocate." Seema claims that she has received an apology from Anantha Krishnan too.
However, Maala Parvathi has a different story to tell, "My son has admitted that he has had a conversation with the makeup artist. But he said it was ‘mutual’ and ‘consensual’. The truth has to come out and hence I have registered a complaint and submitted my son’s mobile phone. Also, it came to our attention that she has taken off a picture that she had attached to her post earlier, in which she had named me and my son. There was a picture, where Seema had given a thumbs-up emoji to the message of my son. But I am not planning to harass her in any manner, and hence haven’t posted it online. I am with her and I won’t support my son. My son said that they know each other and their conversations were purely consensual."
