FWICE bans RGV over non-payment of dues to artistes and technicians

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has determined none of its 32 unions will work with filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma, who has allegedly not paid round Rs 1.25 crore to artistes, technicians and staff.
The movie physique took this motion after RGV failed to answer a authorized discover despatched to him on September 17 final yr, stated FWICE president BN Tiwari. The affiliation alleged that even previous to the authorized discover, it had written a number of letters to Varma asking him to clear the dues, however he refused to just accept supply of the letters.
Tiwari added that when FWICE discovered that Ram Gopal Varma was capturing in Goa for an upcoming undertaking, the affiliation wrote a letter to Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant concerning the director’s alleged non-payment of dues.

“We also sent a letter to the Chief Minister of Goa on September 10, 2020, regarding this. We wanted Ram Gopal Varma to clear the dues of poor technicians, artistes and workers but he never did. Hence, we have decided to not work with him in the future. We have also notified Indian Motion Pictures Producers’ Association (IMPPA) and Producers Guild of India (GUILD), among other unions about this,” Tiwari stated in an announcement.