Women should fight for their freedom: Director Pa. Ranjith

The South Indian Film Women’s Association was launched yesterday evening amidst huge fanfare with almost all the leading personalities of Tamil film industry gracing the occasion. The celebrities that include versatile cinematographer P.C. Sreeram, Sathyaraj, Revathy, Rohini, Aditi Menon, Pa. Ranjith, Balaji Sakthivel, Pushkar-Gayathri, Ambika, Saroja Devi, Prem, Sachu, Vivek Prasanna, Sulile Kumar and many more prominent celebrities.

Speaking on the occasion, Sathyaraj said, “The culture and tradition over centuries made women slaves while religion and caste were used to substantialize them. In order to untie a knot, one must know how the knots were created. This applies to this context for all the women to know the origin of slavery that was created and how it can be undone. My personal suggestion that it could be pretty much enlightened through the book ‘Pen Yaen Adimai Aanal’ (Why women became a slave?).”

Cinematographer P.C. Sreeram said, “There are lots of talents in the industry, but it is our duty to recognize and turn the spotlight upon them. I have personally known that the office bearers of SIFWA had to go through lots of toilsome moments and hard work to launch this association. There will be at least a single woman as an assistant in all my movies. The reason is that they are talented.”

Filmmaker Pa Ranjith of Kaala and Kabali fame said, “The limitations and confinements upon the women are considered as normalcy in today’s situation and this myth should be broken. We should fight for our own freedom and no one is going to raise their voice for it.”

The occasion also witnessed the launch of SIFWA website and ‘Thiraiyaal’, which is a quarterly magazine.

Vaishali Subramaniam (President), Angel Chamraj (Vice President), Eeswari VP(General Secretary), Meena Marutharasi S (Joint Secretary) and Geetha S (Treasurer) form the team of SIFWA.