The wheels of Mumbai’s film and television industry came to a grinding halt on Wednesday as nearly 1.5 lakh cine workers supported by leading stars like Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan went on an indefinite strike from Wednesday.
All work in India’s film and television hub of Bollywood has stopped after thousands of technicians and actors began a strike over pay and conditions.
The agitation is in response to the call given by Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), which controls 22 unions covering various crafts associated with the film industry.
Filmcity, Mehboob, Filmistan and other studios in the city wore a deserted look as lightmen, spotboys, junior artistes, other technicians as well as many lead actors stayed away from the sets. About 40 film shoots were hit, besides a host of soaps.
Source: BBC, ABC News, DNA, IBNLive
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