Ranveer Singh was 'banned' by the Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE) last week and since then, there has been a major uproar in Bollywood.
Now, the matter has reached court as the actor has served a legal notice to the organisation. This development follows FWICE's announcement of a June 3 press conference to respond to the escalating dispute and clarify its position.
Ranveer Singh sends legal notice to FWICE
Ranveer Singh has sent a legal notice to the FWICE, as per a report by NDTV. The report revealed that Ranveer served the legal notice on June 2, days after FWICE issued a directive asking its members not to work on any project featuring the actor.
We, however, do not yet know the contents of the notice.
For the uninitiated, in a notice, FWICE had said, "Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani informed FWICE that they have already incurred approximately ₹45 crores towards the pre-production of the film. He expressed grave concern that the sudden withdrawal of such a leading actor from the project at an advanced stage could expose the producer to severe financial losses and adversely affect the overall execution of the film."
Addressing the media at a press conference, FWICE advisor Ashoke Pandit had claimed that the body repeatedly attempted to reach out to Ranveer, but allegedly he did not respond.
"None of our workers or members, across all crafts, will work on any of his projects. We have requested that all producers take a stand, join us in solidarity, speak out against this conduct, and make a firm decision," Pandit had said.
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FWICE revokes non-cooperative directive
As per PTI, the decision was taken after an intervention by the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association, the Producers Guild of India and Cine & TV Artistes' Association. "We are taking back our non-cooperative directive from immediate effect after a request by IMPAA, the producers' guild and CINTAA. We have been told that we should all sit together with the producers' body and take an appropriate decision where neither the producers and directors nor the actor face any issues," FWICE president BN Tiwari told PTI.
"No one has won or lost in this matter. Our legal department will respond to his legal notice," he added.
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