Malayalam actor Alencier Ley Lopez is in the eye of a storm after making misogynistic comments during his award acceptance speech at the Kerala State Film Awards ceremony in the capital on Thursday.
Mr. Lopez said that he was tempted by the statuette, modelled on a woman, and demanded that it should be replaced with a statuette that reflected masculine strength.
Soon after the comments were made, social media was flooded with sharp criticism against the actor, including from fellow award winner Shruthi Sharanyam, who won the best director award in the Women/Transgender category. In a Facebook post after the ceremony, she said that it was a shame that such a wretched comment was made at the venue.
