Early
this
week,
it
was
a
clear
commotion
on
the
sets
of
Himesh
Reshammiya's
Mudh
Mudh
Ke
Na
Dekkh
Mudh
Mudh
Ke
aka
M2KNDM2K.
Some
of
the
workers
apparently
stopped
work
for
an
entire
day
and
launched
a
protest,
Reason?
They
claimed
that
they
were
unpaid
for
their
work
and
after
waiting
patiently
for
last
few
days,
they
eventually
gave
up
and
put
the
shooting
to
a
standstill.
Incidentally,
it
was
supposed
to
be
the
last
day
of
the
shooting
for
the
film's
current
schedule.
Says
a
cast
member
who
was
present
on
the
sets
when
the
issue
snowballed,
"There
was
clear
resentment
amongst
the
workers
as
they
were
constantly
demanding
money
to
be
paid
to
them
for
their
work
over
all
these
days.
They
had
approached
people
at
the
levels
reachable
to
them
but
to
no
avail.
Eventually,
they
couldn't
take
it
anymore
and
called
it
quits.
They
declared
loud
and
clear
that
the
work
would
resume
only
if
they
were
paid
for
the
days
they
had
spent
on
the
sets."
But
wasn't
it
unethical
to
come
up
with
such
measures?
"Was
it
ethical
on
the
part
of
the
makers
to
keep
their
own
crew
members
unpaid?
Don't
these
workers
have
to
run
their
families?
All
said
and
done,
it
never
seemed
to
be
the
case
of
shortage
of
money.
These
workers
were
just
being
shortchanged
all
this
while",
protests
the
source
in
favour
of
workers.
Himesh
Reshammiya
who
plays
the
lead
in
the
film
was
not
present
on
the
sets
that
day.
However,
Niharika
Singh
(leading
lady
of
the
film),
Farida
Jalal
and
Shakeel
Khan
(who
plays
a
blind
man
in
the
film)
amongst
others
saw
all
the
action
right
in
front
of
them.
On
being
contacted,
a
crew
member
(on
the
condition
of
anonymity)
confirmed
the
news,
"Yes,
something
to
the
tune
of
this
did
indeed
happen
though
everything
has
been
sorted
out
now.
In
fact
on
the
same
evening
the
workers
were
paid
their
money."
Replying
to
the
query
around
what
had
actually
transpired;
she
divulged
after
an
initial
hesitation,
"It
was
an
internal
problem
between
the
workers.
The
payment
was
given
to
an
agent
who
didn't
further
pay
workers
on
time.
This
is
why
once
the
schedule
got
over
as
per
the
plans
on
15th
September;
they
created
a
scene
a
day
later.
The
incident
happened
on
16th
and
hence
didn't
impact
the
schedule
at
all.
Thankfully,
there
is
no
issue
anymore
and
we
all
are
looking
forward
to
coming
back
for
the
next
schedule."
Story first published: Monday, September 22, 2008, 8:56 [IST]