A women’s group here on Thursday filed a complaint against filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma with the Goa State Women’s Commission, accusing him of making derogatory statements against women on social media.
In the complaint filed against Varma, Prateeksha Korgaonkar, state convenor of Ranaragini, the women’s wing of the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti, has also demanded action against the director.
“The post exposes his perverse mentality. The statement is an insult to all women. The post of Varma shows that his lust-filled (eyes) only see Sunny leone in every woman. RGV is a blot on society. Varma’s tweet shattered hopes that women may get some respect at least on International Women’s Day,” the complaint to the Commission states.
Varma on International Women’s Day posted on his micro-blogging, “I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny leone gives.”
A spokesperson for the commission confirmed the receipt of the complaint.
The filmmaker later apologised to those who were “genuinely offended” by his comment. “My apology is only to those who genuinely got offended and not to those who ranted for publicity and threatened to take law into their hands. Was just expressing my feelings but I apologise to all who were offended due to my unintended insensitive tweets in context of women’s day,” he tweeted.