Chinmayi Sripada is the popular name in South, especially in the singing and dubbing fraternity. She has been the voice of actress Samantha for a long time now. She is also a successful startup consultant. She is breaking the headlines now for something very important. Apparently, she joined the women who are revealing their stories of sexual harassment. MeToo movement is currently trending in India She is taking it forward as much as possible and the shocker is that she has made allegations on the National award-winning star lyricist Vairamuthu.

Chinmayi shared her story of sexual harassment where Vairamuthu asked her to come to his room. The incident took place years ago but Chinmayi shared the story only now as she built the courage to talk about it. She also got support from three other women who made allegations on Vairamuthu. Chinmayi has become vocal of many women who reported sexual harassment stories in anonymous. Chinmayi also made allegations on Srilankan Cricketer.

Cricketer Lasith Malinga. pic.twitter.com/Y1lhbF5VSK

— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) October 11, 2018

As Chinmayi is getting a lot of support from within the industry and the media, there is also a criticism over her for making allegations on the legendary lyricist. On the other side, Vairamuthu responded to the allegations by neither accepting or denying them but by telling that he is being defamed unnecessarily. After revealing a lot of stories in the public domain, Chinmayi decided to take a break from Twitter now.

Vairamuthu is the veteran poet and lyricist who is active in Tamil cinema for so many decades. He is a recipient of various awards including the Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, and Sahitya Academy Award for his novel ‘Kallikattu Ithikasam’ as well as being a seven-time winner of the National Film Awards. He has collaborated with big people like Rahman, Mani Ratnam, Shankar, and others. He, who is aged 65 was charged with sexual harassment allegations now.

Apparently, a singer who wanted to be anonymous has opened up about the time when Vairamuthu harassed her sexually at his home. Popular singer Chinmayi received the story on her Twitter profile and she shared it to the public. In her story, the survivor said that she is of his granddaughter’s age but he still tried to molest her which created a lot of trauma

Chinmayi supported the survivor and shared her story by adding, “The industry knows; the men know. #TimesUp The time is bloody up.”

The industry knows; the men know. #TimesUp
The time is bloody up. https://t.co/UuZpaNQBhm

— Chinmayi Sripaada (@Chinmayi) October 8, 2018