1744 White Alto: The Senna Hegde directorial forms ICC for the first time in Malayalam cinema

With many complaints regarding the cinema space's gender disparities, the Mollywood industry has been blowing up for a few years. The Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), formed by a handful of mainstream female actors in Kerala after resigning from the major movie association, was a big step toward change in the field. The implementation of an Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) on the sets has been a crucial demand put forward by WCC and the Hema Commission Report as well.

The upcoming Senna Hegde directorial 1744 White Alto has been making headlines recently in this background. The decision of the team to form an ICC for the first time in the history of Malayalam cinema has taken the industry in awe.

The movie stars Sharafudheen in the lead role and is produced by Mrinal Mukundan, Sreejith Nair, and Vinod Kumar under Kabani Films. Following the ICC, the team has formed and published a code of conduct for the cast and crew on the sets. According to co-producer Sreejith, they have explained the norms to everyone associated with the movie, and also made them aware of the importance of ICC, as quoted by The Hindu. Considering the modern day’s plight inside the industry, this could be considered a great step toward revolution inside Mollywood.

The WCC members, including Parvathy Thiruvothu, Anjali Menon, and Padmapriya, have constantly talked about the necessity of implementing the Prevention of Sexual Harassment (POSH) Act and ICC. As per the findings of the yet-to-be-published Hema Commission report, the act is to be executed to make sure women get equal benefits and rights in the workplace.

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Meanwhile, the Hema Commission, appointed by the state government in 2019, is a three-member committee including retired justice K Hema, actor Sharada and former bureaucrat KB Valsala Kumari. The committee aims to study the toils faced by women in the Malayalam movie industry.