Movie Federation Staff vs Producers Council – TS Minister takes sides

The variations between Movie Federation Staff and Producers Council has snowballed into an enormous controversy.

Producers Council rejected to extend 30% wages for the technicians and in addition determined to take motion towards the protesting workers. Movie Federation Staff earlier gave name to stall the shootings if the producers donot agree for his or her calls for.

Within the midst of all this, producers met Chiranjeevi in his home and here’s what they are saying about it. C. Kalyan, Allu Aravind, Suresh Babu, Mythri Ravi Shankar, and Supriya Yarlagadda and others met him and sought his intervention.

Chiranjeevi promised to look into it and resolve the problem in two to a few days. Producer C. Kalyan mentioned, “We met Chiranjeevi garu and defined the problem. He felt that abruptly halting shootings was inappropriate. He patiently listened to our issues and guaranteed us that he would additionally hear the employees’ model of the problem. He instructed us, ‘I’ll observe for 2 to a few days, and if the scenario doesn’t enhance, I’ll intervene.’”

“They breached all union norms by declaring a strike in a single day on Sunday,” mentioned Mohan Vadlapatla, Joint Secretary of the Telugu Movie Chamber of Commerce. “Usually, any union provides one or two months’ discover earlier than halting work, however this abrupt choice has damage a number of producers whose movies are presently in manufacturing.” He added, “Their motives don’t appear skilled — it feels extra like blackmail. Wage hikes are normally applied each three years by a number of rounds of negotiation. However this time, they acted unilaterally, with out even giving us respiratory house.”

Mohan added “A producer has each proper to decide on his crew and agree on wages mutually, slightly than being certain by the Federation’s strict guidelines. They even object to the meals served on units, which is completely past their purview,” He continued “We’re providing membership to freshers for simply ₹1,000. They will start working instantly, as an alternative of forcing producers to pay inflated wages to Federation members demanding a 30% hike — one thing that might power many producers to stroll away from movie manufacturing altogether.”

Within the midst of all this, Telangana Cinematography Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy got here in assist of the staff. There’s a want to extend wages. To outlive in Hyderabad, staff should be paid extra,” he mentioned. “After coming back from my Delhi tour, I’ll meet with the employees personally.” He added, “Now we have entrusted the matter to Dil Raju, who’s holding discussions. Whereas producers are making pan-India movies and we’re granting approvals to hike ticket costs, they need to additionally think about the calls for of staff.”

Rajeshwar Reddy, member of the Movie Federation says “We’re very grateful to the Minister for understanding our plight. His assist will enhance the morale of hundreds of staff, a lot of whom depend upon this 30% wage hike to afford even two sq. meals a day.”

He continued “I do not need to take names however solely two or three shootings are occurring since they gave a letter to Telugu Movie Business Staff Federation assuring that they’d pay the revised wages with 30% hike. Therefore we allowed them. However most of flicks have halted shootings.”