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Babul ka aangan… on chhutti for the past few days
The cast and crew of Babul ka aangan… has not been able to shoot for the lat few days as union members have gone on strike due to poor wages.
A source says, "Yesterday, about 22 people just rushed in and the shooting was stalled. They have been demanding an increment in their salaries and are protesting for it."
On October 3, a memorandum was filed, which had the basic demands of the union party, which producers were not aware of. It was only after they realized this that the producers came together the next day and decided to speak to the union members. According to our source, "To get membership into these union groups, people are asked to pay extremely high amounts for their cards. For example, for a 500 rupee card, people are asked to pay 1-2 lakh of rupees."
The source adds, "There are 22 heads and they are demanding 30,000 per head, which is about 20%-30% of the whole show's budget. They are just trying to threaten people."
Ratna Sinha, producer of the show says, "Their demands are slightly unfair, but we need to have a meaningful talk with them to arrive to a conclusion."
Siddharth Shukla (Shubh) admits that although he is not very aware of the issue, he supports the workers wholeheartedly. He says, "All I know is there's some problem between the producers and the workers but I sincerely support the workers as I believe the amount of physical labour and time they put in is a lot. They work very hard so their demands should be taken into consideration," says the actor.
So, will the worker's demands be fulfilled soon or is the strike going to continue?
"We will definitely try to do the best we can. We would love to get back to our work as soon as possible once everything is solved," says Ratna.
http://www.indya.com/news/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2008/October/News_20081022_123
The cast and crew of Babul ka aangan… has not been able to shoot for the lat few days as union members have gone on strike due to poor wages.
A source says, "Yesterday, about 22 people just rushed in and the shooting was stalled. They have been demanding an increment in their salaries and are protesting for it."
On October 3, a memorandum was filed, which had the basic demands of the union party, which producers were not aware of. It was only after they realized this that the producers came together the next day and decided to speak to the union members. According to our source, "To get membership into these union groups, people are asked to pay extremely high amounts for their cards. For example, for a 500 rupee card, people are asked to pay 1-2 lakh of rupees."
The source adds, "There are 22 heads and they are demanding 30,000 per head, which is about 20%-30% of the whole show's budget. They are just trying to threaten people."
Ratna Sinha, producer of the show says, "Their demands are slightly unfair, but we need to have a meaningful talk with them to arrive to a conclusion."
Siddharth Shukla (Shubh) admits that although he is not very aware of the issue, he supports the workers wholeheartedly. He says, "All I know is there's some problem between the producers and the workers but I sincerely support the workers as I believe the amount of physical labour and time they put in is a lot. They work very hard so their demands should be taken into consideration," says the actor.
So, will the worker's demands be fulfilled soon or is the strike going to continue?
"We will definitely try to do the best we can. We would love to get back to our work as soon as possible once everything is solved," says Ratna.
http://www.indya.com/news/newsDetails.aspx?xfile=2008/October/News_20081022_123
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