Movies fuelling violence against women: Maneka Gandhi

PANAJI: The rising violence against women in the country is due to indecent representation of them in Bollywood and regional movies, Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi said here on Friday.“In films, romance almost always starts with eve-teasing. The man and friends will surround a woman, trip her up, show her down, abuse her, touch her inappropriately and slowly she falls in love with him,” she said, pointing out that this encouraged men to resort to such ‘wooing’ methods.Speaking at Goa Fest 2017 , an advertising and media convention, she urged the film and advertising fraternity to portray women in better light.