India, Oct. 10 -- CPI(M) MLA U Prathibha on Wednesday spoke about what she described as the growing practice of inviting "half-dressed film stars for inaugurations," saying society has developed "a sort of madness" toward cinema celebrities.

Addressing the closing ceremony of the 34th anniversary celebrations of the Eruva Nalanda Arts and Cultural Forum Library in Kayamkulam, she urged the public to promote modest dressing.

"People are bringing half-dressed film stars for shop inaugurations. Our society seems to have developed a sort of madness towards cinema actors. I don't understand why this happens," she said.

She termed it as part of a "new culture," and the MLA remarked that people in Kerala seem excessively drawn to such trends....