Shooting of Telugu film is banned on the deadlock of more than 30% wage increase.

The deadlock between Telugu filmmakers and Telugu Film Industry Employees Federation (TFIEF) continued in its second week, in which the film shooting came to a stop. Tasal began with TFIF, seeking a 30% increase in wages.

From stunts to makeup and other departments, TFIEF and unions of various crafts, justifying their demand for a wage hike, who charge several crores for nationwide box office and leading actors and directors, citing rising production costs of films.

Meanwhile, the producers have said that apart from a handful of all-India hit, many films have failed at the box office. They also explain how the unions imposed a large membership fee and cited the rules that force producers to appoint more crew members than necessary, which increases the cost of production.

With the ongoing strike, the industry is currently staring at the possibility of unavoidable delays of films under production.

Monday afternoon, some producers of small and medium budget films presented their arguments in a media interaction at Prasad Labs Preview Theater in Hyderabad. Producers participation in this meeting Srinivas Kumar Naidu alias SKN, Dheeraj Mogilineni, Rajesh Danda, Chaitanya, Shivalanka Krishna Prasad, Bekkem Venugopal, Sharath and Anurag, Madhur Sridhar, Maheshwar Reddy, Vamsi Nandipati, Harshi and Rakitapati, Harsha Lal

“Around 250 Telugu films are released every year, of which less than 50 budgets are more than ₹ 100 crore. Most manufacturers work with a small budget,” SKN said, who produced a blockbuster film. Child“Manufacturers are not cash bags,” he said.

These arguments came out in the context of allegations that unions have forced the producers to appoint several crew members from the necessary for a film shoot. Madhura Sridhar explained, “For example, if we have to interact between two actors in a room, we need some lights, cameras and a small crew. Due to the rules determined by the unions, members of each craft bring in many assistants. For a small scene, we hire 80 crew members.”

His statements were echoed by other producers. Rakesh Varre, who produced small-judges, sleeper hit PacmamaluTold how he produced his first film Evavariki Cheepoddu Under ₹ 1.5 crore. He kept his production less important and did not hire the members of the union. For his second film PacmamaluHe had to rope several crew members with union cards.

He said, “The budget of the film went up to 2.5 crores,” and said that the myth of producers and actors is not good for small teams. “There is no guarantee that we will get profits through dramatic release or digital rights. OTT platforms do not choose films until they are well known actor.”