The
Indian
Motion
Picture
Producers’
Association
(IMPPA)
recently
wrote
to
the
Chief
Minister
of
Maharashtra
Uddhav
Thackeray,
thanking
him
for
considering
requests
from
the
film
industry
and
amending
some
guidelines.
For
the
unversed,
The
Hindi
film
and
TV
industry
were
granted
permission
a
while
back
to
resume
shooting
by
the
state
government
provided
the
producers,
cast
and
crew
adhere
to
guidelines
issued
to
combat
the
spread
of
COVID-19
on
sets.
The
statement
read,
“We
are
indeed
highly
obliged
that
you
have
considered
our
suggestion’s
worthy
of
incorporation
like
the
mandatory
requirement
of
a
doctor
and
a
nurse
to
be
available
on
the
set
throughout
the
shooting
which
was
impossible
to
comply
with
in
view
of
the
serious
shortage
of
doctors
and
ambulances
in
the
city
of
Bombay
where
cases
of
Corona
virus
are
rising
in
thousands
and
all
these
medical
professionals
were
required
to
treat
the
patients
and
not
wait
on
set
watching
if
anybody
falls
ill.”
IMPPA
also
recommended
the
testing
of
all
set
workers
prior
to
beginning
the
shoot.
“We
also
recommend
to
your
kind
self
that
before
starting
work
all
unit
members
wanting
to
work
in
the
shooting
should
submit
negative
COVID
reports
because
when
so
many
unit
members
are
involved
in
the
shooting
it
is
necessary
to
ensure
that
the
people
working
should
not
be
COVID
positive
and
hence
the
report
should
be
insisted
upon,”
read
an
excerpt
from
the
statement.
In
other
related
news,
as
many
as
nine
Indian
television
shows,
including
Kumkum
Bhagya,
Kundali
Bhagya,
Qurbaan
Hua,
and
Tujhse
Hai
Raabta
were
supposed
to
resume
shoot
yesterday
on
June
23,
2020.
But
as
per
a
report
in
Mumbai
Mirror,
the
shows'
shooting
had
to
be
cancelled
over
lack
of
clarity
on
issues
like
sanitization,
safety,
payment
schedule,
insurance,
and
shift
timings
amid
the
ongoing
COVID-19
crisis.