Chief Advisor Ashoke Pandit, President Birendra Nath Tiwari and Hon Gen Secretary Ashok Dubey addressed the media concerning the decision taken by FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) on the grievance filed by Farhan Akhtar, against Ranveer Singh over his alleged withdrawal from Don 3.
BREAKING: Ashoke Pandit CONFIRMS, “Farhan Akhtar has asked for Rs. 45 crores from Ranveer Singh after his walkout”; FWICE issues non-cooperative directive against the actor
Ashoke Pandit explained, “Farhan Akhtar filed a grievance in IFTDA (Indian Film & Television Directors’ Association), which I head. The grievance very clearly said that 3 weeks before the unit was to go away the shoot, Ranveer withdrew from the film and left Don 3. Farhan got here on Zoom as he was in London, while Ritesh Sidhwani visited the office of IFTDA. In the following two hours, they explained to us the problem and why they’d come to us. Then, as a rule, we approached the opposite party. Every 10 days, we reminded him (Ranveer Singh) 3 times to fulfill us and share his version as well. Nevertheless, we didn’t get any response from him. Once we announced the press conference, we got an email stating that our federation doesn’t fall within the jurisdiction of your entire issue. It said, ‘Your body has no reason to get entangled on this matter’.”
Birendra Nath Tiwari added, “When a movie is made, hundreds of our staff get employed. And when a movie is suddenly stopped, their employment gets affected. Yeh bahut bada nuksaan hota hai. The federation fights for the rights of the employees and in addition takes care of the producers. Now we have never taken one-sided decisions. If a producer gets affected, we’ve got to face by him.”
He continued, “We feel that the message should go to the industry ki koi superstar niyam se bada nahin hai. Hence, we’ve got put in place a non-cooperation directive against Ranveer from this very day. We would really like to tell all the employees and associations that until the dispute shouldn’t be solved and until Ranveer Singh doesn’t meet us, this directive will remain in place. Since that is concerning the rights of a producer, I’d request the producer associations to also lend their support.”
Ashok Dubey said, “All our members wouldn’t work with Ranveer, be it director, cameraman, spotboy, lightman etc.” Ashoke Pandit also revealed, “It also includes ad movies because it also involves the identical people of varied associations and same vendors.”
When asked what Farhan Akhtar has demanded as compensation, Ashoke Pandit replied, “Farhan wants Rs. 45 crores. This amount has been accounted for and audited. They’ve told him, ‘That is the quantity we’ve got spent. You check, and if you happen to feel there’s something flawed in the quantity, we’re ready to simply accept it’.”
He also said, “Farhan, Ritesh, Ranveer ji and all our bodies are ready to take a seat together and are available to a positive conclusion.”
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