Published on : 06 Dec 2025, 10:26 am 8 min read

Eight years ago, in February 2017, news broke of the gang rape of a prominent Malayalam film actress.

For months, the news focused only on the courage exhibited by the survivor actress who reported the crime immediately and spoke out openly. This was unexpected at the time, especially for an actress from the Malayalam film industry, a space rumoured to be rife with misogyny and hushed up assaults.

However, by mid-2017, the focus shifted to startling developments which would later go on to break and remake the industry. A prominent and powerful actor, Dileep, who until then had publicly expressed solidarity with the survivor, was arrested after being charged with conspiring and orchestrating the brutal rape.

After nearly 9 long yea

See Full Page