{"id":138534,"date":"2025-11-16T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/138534\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T22:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T22:59:09","slug":"i-cried-for-three-days-shwetha-menon-breaks-silence-on-past-controversy-says-family-was-her-only-concern-malayalam-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/138534\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I cried for three days’: Shwetha Menon breaks silence on past controversy; says family was her only concern | Malayalam Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"'IShwetha Menon, the talented actress, courageously shared her recent battles, including a devastating three-day period of tears spurred by accusations that jeopardized her reputation and career. She addressed issues of invasion of privacy and expressed her deep concern regarding how a lawsuit could shape her daughter’s understanding of her and their family. Actor Shwetha Menon has shared her most painful phases of her life. In a recent interview, Shwetha Menon recalled the deep emotional distress she faced after allegations surfaced that targeted her dignity. She also opened up about how she risked damaging the image her daughter held of her.<\/p>\n

‘I cried for three full days’ – says Shwetha Menon<\/p>\n

In a conversation with Dhanya Varma, Shwetha Menon revealed that she \u201ccried for three full days\u201d after the accusations, which she described as an attempt to harm her professional integrity and personal identity.<\/p>\n

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Struggles with privacy violations and misuse of images<\/p>\n

In the interview, Shwetha said she has repeatedly faced situations where her personal space was violated or her photographs were used without consent. She asserted that she confronts such incidents \u201ceither directly or legally,\u201d emphasising her right to safeguard the boundaries between her personal and professional lives.The actor explained that she keeps her achievements away from her home environment, which she considers a protective, sacred space. \u201cI walk in as a wife, a mother, and a daughter\u2014not as the artist Shwetha Menon,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

Proud of her craft; no matter the criticisms<\/p>\n

Shwetha reaffirmed her pride in the projects she has chosen throughout her career, from ‘Kalimannu’ to ‘Paleri Manikyam’. She stressed that every decision about her work\u2014including the use of her images\u2014must come solely from her or her director. \u201cIf my photos are used anywhere without permission, I will protest. It must have my consent,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The AMMA election controversy and its impact<\/p>\n

The most distressing period, Shwetha said, came during the AMMA election and the subsequent case filed against her. The allegations, which claimed her films contained explicit content, left her deeply concerned about how her daughter would perceive such accusations.\u201cThat broke me,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was the mother in me that cried. If my father were alive, he would have killed that man.\u201d<\/p>\n

Background of the case<\/p>\n

The controversy stemmed from a complaint by Martin Menachery, leading to an FIR under Section 67(A) of the IT Act and the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. Shwetha later secured a stay from the Kerala High Court, halting proceedings.On the work front, Shwetha Menon’s previous outing was the web series ‘Nagendran’s Honeymoons’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shwetha Menon, the talented actress, courageously shared her recent battles, including a devastating three-day period of tears spurred…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[94396,430,156,111,139,69,94397,94394,94398,94395],"class_list":["post-138534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-amma-election-controversy","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-shwetha-menon-career","tag-shwetha-menon-controversy","tag-shwetha-menon-family-concerns","tag-shwetha-menon-interview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}