Irked over diktat of Bengali movie technicians’ federation, administrators threaten authorized step

“When (director) Rahool Mukherjee was unfairly handled by the federation and debarred from capturing of a movie for days, we had gone on strike (in July). We have been assured by honourable chief minister Mamata Banerjee that steps will likely be taken to handle our grievances.

“A committee was additionally shaped comprising (actors) Prosenjit Chatterjee and Dev, (veteran filmmaker) Goutam Ghose and two ministers, Aroop Biswas and Indranil Sen. The committee was presupposed to submit its report by 30 November,” Chatterjee stated.

Nonetheless, the actor-director stated, no follow-up motion was taken with regard to formally constituting the committee which was presupposed to chalk out a framework to deliver transparency in capturing and different associated points within the leisure trade in West Bengal.

“We stored ready however there was no phrase, no initiative from their finish, whereas the technicians’ federation president Swaroop Biswas stored issuing one assertion after one other implicating administrators,” Chatterjee stated at a press convention on 3 December, Tuesday.

Requested in the event that they have been open to every other assembly with the CM, he stated, “Let’s examine. However the way in which issues have unfolded since July, we’re not very hopeful.”

He stated the DAEI will quickly give you its subsequent plan of action on the difficulty. DAEI president Subrata Sen expressed remorse that three months have handed following the incident involving Rahool Mukherjee, however no notification had been issued with regard to the formation of the committee.