Aug1, 2017
Actor Vishal, president of Tamil Nadu
Film Producers Council (TFPC), said they won't give in to the demand of
revised wages for the members of Film Employees Federation of India
(FEFSI), who are to go on strike from Tuesday.
"We are willing to work with anyone from FEFSI or even those who are
not associated with the federation. We will not give in to their
demands and we stand by what we said earlier. The Madras High Court had
restrained FEFSI from disrupting the shoot of any film," Vishal told
IANS.
FEFSI and TFPC are at loggerheads after the former had an altercation
with producer-actor RK Suresh on the sets of his Tamil film "Billa
Pandi".
Members of FEFSI who are employed as technicians in "Billa Pandi"
demanded increase in their daily wages.
When Suresh escalated the matter to Vishal, the latter called off
shooting and suggested that technicians outside FEFSI can be used for
shooting.
FEFSI head RK Selvamani is spearheading the strike.
"TFPC should work with the members of FEFSI who are more than 25,000 in
number and can't use non-FEFSI members. The wage agreement for FEFSI
members expired on July 31 and that's why we requested revision in
daily wages. The members should be paid new wages and until then we
will be on strike," Selvamani told IANS.
The shoot of several Tamil films has come to a standstill.