The Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees’ (FWICE) strike has affected some of the big ticket films, the shoots of which were brought to an abrupt halt. Be it Shah Rukh Khan’s Dilwale, Aamir Khan’s Dangal, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani or Ashutosh Gowarikar’s Mohenjodaro.
Speaking on the issue, the President of PWICE told The Indian Express, “Shooting in Hyderabad, Cochin, and everywhere else have stopped. Our main body, federation of All India Film Employees Confederation (AIFEC) met us a couple of days back and pledged their support. It was decided that if anyone decides to shoot outside Mumbai while the strike is in progress here, workers will strike there as well.”
He even said that some of the top stars are supporting their cause and the strike. “Yes, Aamir, SRK, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ashutosh Gowariker, Vipul Shah and all other knowlegable people are supporting us. They know why we are striking and that is why they have stopped shooting,” he added.
Shooting is still on at some locations in the country. Speaking on the demands they ahve raised, he concluded saying, “Our demands are simple and not unreasonable. No worker will work above their 12 hour shift. Labour laws stipulate an eight hour shift but seeing the schedule and ways of the TV industry we agreed for 12 hours. Now the producers are demanding it to be raised to 16 hours. That is inhuman. We also want every second Sunday off and will shoot only in case of an emergency. Also our workers are not paid for a period of 90 days. How do they expect us to survive?”
Source:http://www.india.com/showbiz/shah-rukh-khan-aamir-khans-film-shooting-comes-to-halt-after-fwice-strike-598654/
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