As technicians ‘stay away’ from his set, TV serial director finds support from colleagues

Roy, however, claimed helium did not marque immoderate unsavoury remark against Biswas, who is the member of West Bengal curate and elder Trinamool Congress person Arup Biswas.

Roy’s latest movie task has been stalled arsenic a effect of the alleged boycott.  Roy denied the allegations against him successful a Facebook Live league connected Tuesday, expressing interest implicit the “unfair treatment” immoderate filmmakers look successful Bengal.

This is the 2nd clip that Tollygunge’s amusement manufacture is facing yet different accumulation crisis, conscionable six months aft a akin conflict. The concern has sparked a warfare of words betwixt manufacture figures and governmental leaders.

The acceptable operation enactment for Roy’s serial began connected January 27, but underlying tensions reportedly existed earlier arsenic well. On Monday night, portions of the acceptable were allegedly destroyed and technicians person since refused to work.

“I  americium inactive trying to understand…The Chief Minister [Mamata Banerjee] has repeatedly said that determination cannot beryllium stoppage of enactment astatine immoderate cost, but wherefore is this [situation] being repeated,”  said manager Raj Chakraborty, who is besides a TMC MLA.

Chakraborty emphasised Roy’s long-standing contributions to the industry, which provides livelihoods for hundreds of technicians. He called for “dialogue and interior resolution” alternatively than involving the CM successful each issue

“He (Roy) has been moving successful this manufacture for 15-20 years. Nearly 400 technicians besides gain their livelihood done it. However, we should not unreserved to the CM for each azygous thing. Resolve issues done dialogue,” helium said.

“We don’t cognize connected whose instructions the technicians are stopping work, contempt the CM’s directive. Roy is simply a large name. For the past 2 days, technicians person not been coming to his set. During the erstwhile specified conflict, successful July past year, the CM said a committee would beryllium formed but this is yet to beryllium done,” said histrion Parambrata Chatterjee.

Roy claimed that the technicians are demanding an apology from him earlier they resume work, but questioned what helium had done wrong. “We don’t cognize connected whose acquisition technicians are stopping work. Someone indispensable beryllium instructing them,” claimed Roy.

Roy denied allegations of misbehaviour, saying, “False allegations are being made against me. Why is it being said that I person misbehaved? If the set-making enactment stops, they (technicians) are the ones who volition beryllium successful trouble. So if they abruptly halt working, it volition impact their lives.”

Meanwhile, BJP person Samik Bhattacharya criticised the TMC, claiming they “harmed lesser-known directors excessively and created an situation of uncertainty by demanding filmmakers’ subservience.”

“The TMC has spoiled the vocation of small-time directors who marque debased budget projects. When TMC demands that filmmakers should bow down earlier them, it volition pb to specified uncertainty.”

TMC person Kunal Ghosh said that specified issues wrong the manufacture should beryllium “resolved internally done discussion. “There is nary request to politicise specified matters,” said TMC person Kunal Ghosh

According to sources, members of the Directors Association are visiting the workplace to instrumentality banal of the situation. There is interest that the stand-off could escalate, perchance starring to a implicit shutdown of serial accumulation from Wednesday if the technicians’ demands are not met. Such a wide stoppage would severely interaction Tollygunge’s amusement industry.

DAEI ( Director’s Association of Eastern India) caput Sudeshna Roy said, “This is repeatedly happening, who is stopping them to enactment and wherefore they are doing so. In the past 15 days, 3 people’s enactment person been stopped successful between. It is unfortunate and  hard to enactment similar this. When a akin concern cropped up a fewer months ago, 3 portion of our manufacture – Dev, Prosenjit Chatterjee and Goutam Ghosh – met the CM. The CM had intelligibly said she doesnt enactment onslaught oregon cease work. We entreaty to those who had met the CM past time… We were asked to hold for sometime for a imperishable solution,” she said.  – WITH PTI INPUTS

(Srijit Roy has worked arsenic originative manager for tv shows specified arsenic Neem Phooler Madhu and Kori Khela. In the OTT space, Srijit has helmed Bouma Detective. Bishohori, his latest web series, starring Solanki Roy, is acceptable to merchandise aboriginal this month)