TOI: PR to end soon? W Pg.12 - Page 6

Originally posted by: bonnefille

A professional contract is not like a gun. Every contract has the provision that one can leave before the term ends by serving a specific amount of notice period. The required notice period before one stop's working is mentioned in the contract. In some contracts there is also the provision where one can serve part of the notice period and pay up for the rest. A contract does not make you a slave. What's the use of labour laws if contracts will be so tight bound? So don't worry...none of the actors have been put on gunpoint to work, they are doing it out of choice and being paid for it.

That said, I did like Hiten to do well for himself. I am a hardcore Sushant-Manav fan and it was not easy for me to digest seeing someone else playing the role. But Hiten has given a lot to Manav by making him his own. The spotlight was taken away from Archana-Manav and given to "younger" leads and he did not have any qualm about. He did his job the best he could from whatever given to him. It is good that he is doing so many things on the side. He was for time lead in KHTV on Sony, he is anchoring Savdhan India and even doing a film, plus he must be getting a lot of money for playing Manav as well. If not in PR, I hope he gets opportunities from other quarters. If he wants to leave, it will be a decision well respected. And, good for Asha and Rithwik as well that they are doing Nach Baliye simultaneously. Everyone has reaped the benefits from a successful show like PR, and I am sure that each one of them is grateful about it.

Originally posted by: pallavi25

Perhaps you dont know abt the contract by Ekta and Balaji! Very few people can break a contract with BT and get away with it! Labor laws dont apply to Czarina of Tellywood! 😉 She has her own Empire and her own rules!

Its not a question of gratitude, its about whether the actors are getting enough screen space and good storyline. Im sure most people will agree that ArVi separation with this 20 yr leap has been the most absurd and senseless track yet! After 18 yrs leap, ArMaan were shown equally alongwith ArVi, their divorce proceedings, Teju's taxi-driving track all these ran simultaneously. So its incorrect to say spotlight was taken away from ArMaan after 18 yrs leap.

Originally posted by: bonnefille

@ red: Well, Ekta Kapoor cannot be above law. Seriously, people have made Ekta seem like a female don. Well, there have been several actors who have left her shows after serving their notice periods. Balaji Telefilms is a corporate organisation just like any other. Although yes, we can choose to make it a fictional empire and imagine Ekta whipping her slaves with a metal belt.

Yes, its not a question of gratitude, one can surely leave after putting their papers. That's not what I said. I meant each one of them have benefited from PR some way or the other and even after leaving they will have fond memories of it.

Originally posted by: pallavi25

Unfortunately whats said abt Ekta IS true! Read the news articles! I also had some sources close to her, who supplied me with info abt the way she treats her employees...yeah, even those famous actors are her employees!

She had blacklisted some actors who left her before completing their contracts or midway thru their shows. Im sure u have heard of Pulkit, Rajeev and Iqbal?