The cracks seem to have appeared to suppress their demands on strike calls by film bodies in the Malayalam cinema industry since June 1, including cutting the increasing salary packet of actors and the removal of double taxation on the movie ticket by the state government.
A social media post by Antony Permbavur, filmmaker, producer and vice -president of Kerala Film Producers Association (KFPA). Questioning the announcement of the strike by Sureshkumar, the proposed strike has exposed cracks in the multi-corrupt industry. ,
Mr. Perumbavur, the producers of films, including Lucifer And Nearu And upcoming L2: Empuran Under the banner of Ashirvad theaters, the strike said that the strike would affect the livelihood of thousands.
He alleged that there was a lack of consensus among KFPA members in the decision to go on strike from June 1. The allegations were dismissed by Mr. Sureshkumar, while stating that the strike call was unanimously taken by the business bodies in the Malayalalam film industry.
He alleged that the box-office claims of many films have entered the ‘100-crores’ club. He also said that the producers used to make such claims after being under pressure from major stars.
Mr. Perumbavur dismissed it, stating that it was now a common practice to promote multi-million box-office returns in various film industries. He claimed that record collections were based on gross returns, not on individual share earned by the manufacturer.
Actors Prithviraj, Unni Mukundan, Aju Varghese, Tovino Thomas came in support of Mr. Perumbavur by sharing their social media posts. B. Rakesh, Secretary of KFPA, and Siyad Kokkar, its vice -president was among those who had run after Mr. Sureshkumar.
Representatives of various film bodies are planning to meet Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan before June 1, so that they can be told about the crisis and requested to abolish the double taxation system on movie tickets, in which goods and service tax And entertainment tax included. Local body.
Published – 14 February, 2025 06:58 pm IST
