Deepika Padukone's Team Padmavti Donates 23 Lakhs To The Deceased Painters Family!

On Christmas day 2016, a painter named Mukesh Dakia fell to his death on the sets of Padmavati while he was laying the final touch ups to an erected dome. Mukesh fell from a height of five feet and suffered serious head injuries and was immediately rushed to the hospital but was declared brought dead on arrival.

The entire team of Padmavti was shocked with the news and Deepika Padukone had also poured her condolences on Twitter. It is now come to light that Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been generours and will donate a sum of 23 Lakhs to the deceased family.

A source close to the film was quoted as saying, "The unit is shaken by the unforeseen incident. In fact , the team of Bhansali Productions proactively reached out to the deceased painter's family and compensated them to the tune of 23 lakhs. The production house gave the painter's family, namely his mother, brother, wife and mother-in-law financial aid , as support during this challenging phase in their life. This took place in the presence of members of the Film Studios Setting and Allied Mazdoor Union and the late painter's family. The union agreed that it was a generous compensation and thanked the production house for it. Sanjay sir believes that the loss of life cannot be ever compensated but the concern over the family's future has at least been addressed."

Ashok Dubey (Advisor at Film Studios Setting) added, "When Sanjay Leela Bhansali heard about the unfortunate incident on the set of Padmavati, he issued a cheque of Rs 20,80,000 from his production house 'Bhansali Productions' for the family of the deceased and a cheque of Rs 2,20,000 issued as wages of the workers on that particular day. So we have received Rs 23 lakhs in total from Bhansali Productions."