Actor and filmmaker Parvathy Thiruvothu on Monday took to social media to post her feelings after a Kerala trial court acquitted Malayalam actor Dileep in the 2017 sexual assault case.

“We watch a carefully crafted screenplay unfold so cruelly now,” Parvathy, a founding member of the Women in Cinema Collective, said in a post on her Instagram.

“Justice what”? she asked in her Instagram post after the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court delivered the verdict. The court found the first six accused guilty on multiple counts. Actor Dileep was the eighth accused in the case.

The Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) said in a statement that it respects the court’s verdict.

“Let the law move in the path of justice. We respect the court,” it said.

Meanwhile, several actors from the Ma

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