After the announcement of strike organized by the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees — FWICE, the filming of several big budget movies featuring major Bollywood actors like Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan among others has been put on halt for the time being.
Four much awaited upcoming movies including ‘Bajirao Mastani’ of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ashutosh Gowariker’s ‘Mohenjodaro’ featuring actor Hrithik Roshan, Dilwale starring SRK, ‘Dangal’ starring Aamir Khan, have stopped their shooting for the strike and apparently FWICE has the support of the Federation of All India Film Employees Confederation and celebs like Amitabh Bachchan.
As per the demands of the President of FWICE, Kamlesh Pandey, no worker should be made work more than their 12 hour shift, if not 8 hours and every second Sunday should be off. Shoots on Sundays will only be conducted in the case of an emergency.
The strike will continue for an indefinite period of time until the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is signed
