Actor Aiswarya Lakshmi has called for government intervention to enable women to participate in the business area of the movie industry, including film production.
She was speaking at a face-to-face interaction between Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and women at the CIAL Convention Centre here. Ms. Lakshmi suggested making technical and production aspects of filmmaking part of the curriculum. The government should take steps in this direction. It would open up novel opportunities for women, she said.
In his response, Mr. Vijayan said steps would be taken to enable women to participate in production and other technical aspects of filmmaking, and that a system would be put in place for making women eligible for the it.
