Bollywood goes Dead Still

Bollywood workers, junior artists and technicians have stopped work since Wednesday as part of a strike demanding regular wages and settling of dues.

Dinesh Chaturvedi, General Secretary, Federation of Western India Cine Employees said, “Since this morning we are not going to sets and that has resulted in cancellation of many shootings. We will not report to work unless our settlement of wages does not take place.”

Several actors including Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan have agreed not to shoot from Wednesday. In fact it is expected that schedules abroad could also be affected. Already about 40 shoots have been cancelled in the city. Members of this federation that’s heading the strike, which includes actors, spot boys and other technicians, are protesting against producers.

Their demands are that wages should increase every year and should be paid regularly. Dancers, junior artists, spot boys, light handlers should be paid on a daily basis and people who are not members of the federation should not be employed.

An actor on condition of anonymity said, “We work 12 hours shift and not eight according to the rules. The worse part is that we get paid after 90 days after work is done and not 60 days though we signed proper contracts. It is unjust. If we protest then the producers say there are many other fishes in the sea and they sack us. So, one has to give in to the demands of producers as there is too much of competition in the market.”

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