On Tuesday, a delegation from the Hindi film industry met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the steps needed to move the film business forward. Some female Bollywood actors and filmmakers have raised questions about the meeting. These female celebrities have expressed their displeasure over the non-inclusion of any woman in the delegation.

The delegation that went to meet the Prime Minister included Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi, producer Ritesh Sidhwani, Bhushan Kumar, Rony Screwwala, Siddharth Roy Kapoor and others. Akshay tweeted a picture of the meeting and thanked the Prime Minister for meeting him. Akshay writes: “Sincere thanks to the esteemed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking the time to meet us, for listening to us in detail and for assuring us of resolving the urgent issue.”

Sincere thanks to Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi G. to listen to us, to discuss issues related to our industry, and to assure positive consideration of suggestions. pic.twitter.com/ShGfr0Jlvu

– Akshay Kumar (shaakshaykumar) December 18, 2018

Apart from Akshay, many other celebrities shared pictures of the meeting on social media with the Prime Minister. At the time of sharing this picture, hardly anyone thought that it could be questioned. From actress to producer Dia Mirza praised the meeting and raised questions. Dia writes- ‘Good. There is no woman in this house, is there any reason behind it?

That’s great! Is there any reason not to have a woman in this house? Akshay Kumar https://t.co/oO9teT3Gyi

– Dia Mirza (@deespeak) December 19, 2018

Director Alankrita Srivastava, who had a long battle with the censor board over her thought-provoking film Lipstick Under My Burqa, wrote – “It would be nice to have women in such a delegation. It’s going to be 2018.”

It would be great to have women represented in this delegation. It’s 2018. https://t.co/HoxGbptgwX

– Alankarita Srivastava (lan alankrita601) December 18, 2018

Sandhya wrote in a soft Tanzia accent- ‘Very good. We have no problem discussing women. Of course. “

Great. We have no problem discussing women. Obviously. https://t.co/iOlwnd7sZB

– Evening Mild (andsandymridul) December 19, 2018

Talking about the participation of women in the delegation next time, Gul Panag also wrote- “I hope women will be included in the delegation next time”.

🙏 I hope there will be some women in the delegation next time https://t.co/w7fMulu4sF

– Gul Panag (@ Gulpanag) December 18, 2018

Women filmmakers and actors have often raised the issue of discrimination and protection in the film industry. These female celebrities are being linked to allegations that the Me Too movement has risen to prominence and spread some time ago.