What A Kind Gesture! Filmmakers Plan Fund For The Daily Wage Earning Crew Members Of The Industry
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oi-Swikriti Srivastava
By Lekhaka
The
coronavirus
outbreak
in
India
has
left
all
the
citizens
all
panicked.
Owing
to
the
ongoing
pandemic,
Indian
Motion
Pictures
Producers'
Association
(IMPPA)
and
the
Producers
Guild
of
India
have
announced
a
suspension
on
all
film,
TV
and
web
series
shoots
from
19
March
to
31
March
and
even
though
it
has
been
done
to
protect
everyone
from
COVID-19,
workers
like
spot
boys,
light
assistants
and
set
workers,
who
are
paid
on
a
daily
basis
according
to
their
8-hour
shifts,
are
likely
to
suffer
a
lot!
Considering
the
situation,
filmmakers
like
Sudhir
Mishra,
Anubhav
Sinha
and
Vikramaditya
Motwane
have
joined
hands
to
support
the
workers
economically.
Sudhir
Mishra
wrote,
"Shouldn't
we
in
the
film
industry
set
up
a
fund
for
the
junior
technicians
,
our
light
boys
,
set
workers
,
sound
assistants
etc."
He
further
wrote,
"We
are
doing
what
we
think
is
correct
plus
I
personally
will
also
donate
2d
association.All
of
us
r
going
to
inform
the
daily
wage
workers
that
we
have
worked
with
last
(in
my
case
d
unit
of
Serious
Men)
2approach
us
in
case
of
financial
difficulty.
If
everyone
it
will
be
great."
Vikramaditya
Motwane
wrote,
"I'm
in.
Daily
wage
workers
are
going
to
have
a
really
hard
time,
especially
if
this
carries
on
beyond
the
end
of
the
month.
Let
me
know."
Anubhav
Sinha
also
tweeted,
"See
a
large
fund
and
it's
management
is
going
to
be
very
complex.
Here
is
what
I
recommend.
Let's
communicate
to
our
daily
wage
workers
through
respective
HoDs
from
our
previous
films
to
reach
out
to
us
if
they
are
in
need."
It's
indeed
a
great
gesture
from
the
film
fraternity!