Actress and director Kangana Ranaut will be next seen in
film Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi. The actress essays the role of Rani
Laxmibai in the movie. The teaser is already out and admirers are waiting to
see Kangana in this avatar. The movie has been in the headlines for the
numerous reasons. Now, makers of Kangana Ranaut starrer Manikarnika: The Queen
Of Jhansi are yet to clear dues of Rs 1.5 crores of the workers and junior
artists, according to Federation of Western India Cine Employees.
As per media reports, even the shoot was halted on Wednesday
afternoon mid-way because of non-payment of dues. "It has been three
months, but they have not cleared dues of daily wage workers, which is about Rs
40 lakh. About Rs 90 lakh are to be paid to light vendors and Rs 25 lakh to
junior artistes. The producer [Kamal Jain] had promised to make the payment by
October but he has not fulfilled his commitment," Ashok Dubey, General
Secretary of Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) told to a
daily.
The Film Studio Setting and Allied Mazdoor Union workers
didn’t want to work before their dues get settled. “There was some patch-work
that was remaining. We spoke to Kamal Jain in the first week of November to
sort out this payment issue. But now he has stopped answering our calls. He
said he will not pay the workers if the shooting comes to a halt," Dubey
told.
Dubey further added that they will send a letter to the
post-production company to clear the dues and they will also send a letter to
CBFC to not give the movie the clearance till then. "The producers should
understand the plight of these workers, technicians and junior artistes. There
is no safety and security on the sets, there is no insurance for them. Besides
this, the quality of food on the sets is not always good and there is also an
issue of hygiene. We are also planning to meet Kirit Somaiya, who is the
chairman of Labour committee," he further told.
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