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According to the breaking story, Luv Films had sent a letter to FWICE and other unions prior to the agitation, in response to the complaint made by Film Studio setting & Allied Mazdoor Union’s General Secretary Ganeshwarlal Shrivastav, that they are not responsible for any non-payments as they had given the hired Production Designer, Dipankar Das Gupta, all the necessary payments in this regard. Dipankar Das Dasgupta had told ETimes, “If I was at fault, would I have been still shooting with Luv? In fact, as we speak, I am on the same Ranbir-Shraddha set.” According to Dipankar, Jaishankar and Gautam of Hyperlink were responsible for the mess. Dipankar had said that he had outsourced the project to a company called Hyperlink, who had further outsourced it to a certain Prashant Vichare.
The latest on this film is that a new set was being done up in Chitrakoot and this morning, the batch of workers at work put down their auzaar (tools). When contacted, FWICE General Secretary Ashok Dubey confirmed and said, “Yes, this happened today on the set of Luv Ranjan’s upcoming film. This is a move of unity with the workers, who have still not been paid. First the batch of workers who toiled at Kandivli were not paid. Later, they shot at The Royal Palms where they called a second batch of workers, who also have not been fully paid – an amount to the tune of Rs 12.5 lakh is outstanding. Post that, they have been shooting at a set in Chitrakoot, Andheri. There, the shooting is going on in one set. They were making another set in the adjoining space, wherein the workers stopped working today. Here also, a new set of workers has been used.”
Dubey further said that FWICE spoke to Luv Films yesterday but they washed their hands off the matter. “Unhone apne haath upar kar diye (They’ve thrown up their hands in the matter),” Dubey remarked.
Luv Ranjan remained unavailable for comment.