Sayantani Ghosh Says Everyone Is Facing Financial Inconvenience As Shoots Have Come To A Halt

Like most of us, Sayantani Ghosh is currently homebound during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, in a recent interview with TOI, the Naagin 4 star revealed that the nationwide lockdown is causing financial difficulties even for actors as all shoots have come to a halt for many months now.

Sayantani said, “Crisis is such that they are not denying payment but how will they make the payments. Offices are also closed. We all are facing inconvenience. Payments are stuck in my case also. I have my standing expenditures. I have my house EMI and car EMI. Though the Government has relaxed it that for 2-3 months it will be deferred but I have to run our houses as well. It is starting to create inconvenience for us. My heart goes out to people who are daily wage earners and also actors, who have just started out or not in a better position right now. It is a difficult time for everyone irrespective of their professions.”

On being quizzed about the commencement of shoots, the actress replied, “The economics is taking a toll on us now as so many workers are involved. We all are at home. One needs to get back to work. We are targeting reopening but it seems ok on a paper but on a practical level one needs to see how much can be done. Everybody’s safety is involved. Even if you limit the number of people, there are still 'x’ number of people involved in a shoot. In such times, social distancing is going to be a challenge.”

She went on to add, “There are also talks that the actors need not require to travel back home after shoot as there can be at a risk. Risk element will also increase in travelling from sets to shoot. A lot of permutation combination is involved. But practically, I don’t know when we are actually going to resume shoots.”

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