A week after filmmaker Vidhu Vincent blasted out at WCC (Women Cinema Collective) with allegations, actor Parvathy has responded to these allegations through a lengthy post on her social media.
Parvathy through her Facebook post said that she was shocked at the allegations, which were never raised by Vidhu, until her resignation.
“In the letter to WCC, Vidhu says she had sent me the screenplay of her film and then waited for six months. She alleges that I did not get back to her at any point. Hence I would like to reveal the chronology of events,” Parvathy said.
“In May 2018, my work for My Story and Koode was being completed but I was fatigued by the long ensuing hate campaigns and threats that were being made against me at that time. I was advised to take a break from work for a few months ceasing work communications,” Parvathy writes.
According to Parvathy, Vidhu, accompanied by her writer, had arrived on the sets of Uyire and they narrated the script in detail.
“I heard them out and after reflecting on it, politely told them that the script will not work for me. When Vidhu persisted, I told her there were time constraints and prior commitments to two projects that were lined up. Since she was pretty persistent to convince me, I decided to give it another thought. I agreed to revert with a final decision within 10 days. As promised, on one of the following days I made a phone call and informed her that I will not be able to do the project,” the actor said.
In the letter, Vidhu further alleged that WCC did not adopt the same stance when Parvathy acted alongside Siddique, who had openly backed Dileep at the time of the actor abduction case.
Responding to this Parvathy said, “Even during her promotional interviews, I saw headlines that she has mentioned about associating with Siddique for a movie, who is also a #me too accused. Though in the interview Vidhu had spoken about how women like her and myself were often forced to work with detractors. The title of the interview was misleading so as to make it sound accusatory. On December 14, 2019, I had called up Vidhu to talk this over and we had a friendly chat. When I voiced my concern she told me that she was misquoted to make the headline clickbait. The telephonic chat ended with a promise to meet soon. The warm and friendly tone of this entire conversation was somehow missing in her resignation letter.”
The actor said she has always respected filmmakers and their time. “ I know Vidhu to be a very vocal, communicative person who voices her thoughts quite openly, so it hurts me that she did not speak to me about whatever issues she had with me. I owe my work to filmmakers. I am immensely grateful to every filmmaker who gives me opportunities to collaborate with them, whether they work or not. I feel dismayed on realising that any filmmaker whose offers I have declined would feel slighted. Because that has never been my intention. I need them more than they need me,” she said.
Here is Parvathy’s post
