Hindi film industry is the only industry in the country where there is never a holiday. Not Holi, not Diwali, not Eid, not Christmas. People are busy with work even on national festivals. Earlier this year, the Federation of Western India Cine Employees, all unions working in the Hindi film industry, announced a list of 12 more holidays in the year along with shooting closures on Sunday, but the holidays have not been implemented even 10 months after the list was published. becomes clear. The producers’ association does not accept the federation and this case also shows how difficult it is to implement the instructions of the National Human Rights Commission in Maharashtra.
The Federation of Western India Cine Employees, an organization of workers and technicians working in the Hindi film and TV industry, released a list of mandatory holidays for the year in January, which includes 12 more holidays throughout the year, apart from the holidays on every Sunday of the month. But so far these holidays have not been implemented for the workers and technicians working in the film. In this matter, Abhay Sinha, president of IMPAA, the largest association of producers, said, ‘Our organization has nothing to do with this initiative of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees. Our organization looks into and solves the problems of manufacturers only.
The same reply was received from the Western India Film Producers Association, another body of film producers. Committee member of Western India Film Producers Association Ravindra Arora said, ‘His organization has nothing to do with the Federation of Western India Cine Employees, our organization no longer comes under the federation. Therefore, there is neither any suggestion from his organization nor any interference in his work in the work of the Federation.
According to federation leaders, the matter has reached the National Human Rights Commission. Recognizing that people working in the film industry also enjoy human rights, it also directed the State Human Rights Commission to form a committee of representatives of the federation, state government and producers and implement a system of holidays for people working in the film industry. Take the initiative to do. The three-month period fixed for this work is over, but the makers of Hindi films and serials are neither thinking about it nor the federation is paying attention.
About this, Federation of Western India Cine Employees President BN Tiwari says, ‘Our efforts in this direction are ongoing but the government does not have time to think for us. Now after Diwali we will write to Labor Commission and Maharashtra State Human Rights Commission and inform about this.