Ever since the findings of the Justice Hema Committee Report were made public, several actresses in the Malayalam film industry have come forward to allege cases of sexual harassment. A series of confrontations and allegations have left the nation shocked with many arguing that such heinous acts happen across the entertainment world.
However, TV actress Kamya Punjabi recently called TV the safest industry and claimed that there is no sexual abuse or casting couch there.
Talking to News18, she said, "Television has been very clean. I don't know what used to happen in the past but now it is very clean. There is no such filth here. People aren't forced or blackmailed here. There is no casting couch. If you fit a role, you have talent, you will be selected for the show."
Kamya further added how she feels that television is the safest place in the entertainment industry and that sexual abuse does not happen here. She also added that whatever happens is with mutual consent and how nobody is telling anyone to sleep with them in the promise of a role.
Kamya also goes on to say how some actors are womanisers but if you stop it, if you make it very clear, such things do not happen.
"Nobody is being forced to do this. Aisa nahi hai ke aapko haath lagaya jaaega aur aap uncomfortable feel karoge. If you tell them, ‘Hello, I don't like it', you will not be touched."
"We have seen actors who get crazy for girls but nobody forces nobody. I know of some people who say that such things have happened to them. But again, if a girl does not want, it will not happen. It does not happen in the television industry. I don't know about films or OTT but it does not happen in TV," she added.
On the work front, Kamya Panjabi has been featured in daily soaps such as Banoo Main Teri Dulhann, Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi and Maryada: Lekin Kab Tak? She was also a contestant on Bigg Boss season seven.