SCOOP: Police Company shoot halted for 2 hours on Day 1 after FWICE intervention over RGV’s pending dues

SCOOP: Police Company shoot halted for 2 hours on Day 1 after FWICE intervention over RGV’s pending dues

Ram Gopal Varma's Police Company has started filming, but not without an interruption. Bollywood Hungama has learned that the production was halted for two hours on the first day of shooting on Monday following an intervention by the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) over the director's previous pending dues. The shooting resumed only after outstanding dues amounting to Rs. 1.32 crore were cleared.“RGV owed over Rs. 1 crore to t…

Ram Gopal Varma pays `1.11 crore after technicians halt his film shoot

Ram Gopal Varma’s Police Company shoot was stalled for nearly five hours in Versova on Monday after FWICE-affiliated technicians and daily-wage workers refused to work over `1.32 crore in pending dues dating back nearly nine years. The standoff ended after `1.11 crore was transferred to FWICE. The association says the payments related to workers across several departments and had repeatedly sought clearance from Varma before halting the shoot.