Sunny Deol's dadagiri

Sunny Deol seems to have taken his angry young man image a bit too seriously. When members of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) reached the sets of his film I Love NY at Filmalaya Studios last night to demand their wages, the actor stood up against them.

The film, being produced by T-Series, after finishing the schedule in New York is being shot at Filmalaya Studios, Mumbai. And according to the officials of FWICE, the workers have not been paid for the past month.

"They have been shooting for a month but the workers have not been paid yet. Kids of some of my workers have been asked to leave school as they have not been able to pay their fees. So we landed on the sets and asked the producers to pay up.

They have been delaying it for many days now. When we threatened to halt shoots, Sushil, who is handling the production, commanded us to leave the sets.

And when we still insisted, Sunny Deol got angry and dared us to stop shoots. He came out and said 'Jab tak main nahi bolta, koi set chhod kar nahi jaega. Dekhta hu kaun shoot rokta hai'. We are just requesting them to pay up as workers can't afford to work without money.

Sunny is an artist and he should have cooperated with us rather than speak against us," said Prem Singh Thakur, the Vice Chairman Vigilance FWICE. This happened around 9pm on Monday.

"The money due is not much for them. It is something around 8 to 9 lakhs. But for the workers its a lot," he added.

When contacted, Sunny Deol, chose not to reply.