It is strongly rumoured in Kollywood
circles that most of the technicians and crew members of Vijay’s
upcoming film Jilla remain an unhappy lot as they haven’t been paid
their salaries and wages for the past three months by producer R.B.
Choudhary for a variety of reasons.
Starring Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal in
lead roles and Mohanlal and Poornima Jayaram in prominent roles, Jilla
is set to release in theatres on Pongal next January. Nesan, a debutant,
has directed the film whose teaser is likely to be released soon. The
crew of the film, however, has said that they may not be able to
celebrate Deepavali happily due to the pending salaries and wages which
haven’t been paid to them for months.
Technicians, junior artistes, dancers,
etc. are yet to be paid their due salaries and wages and queries with
the Unit haven’t elicited any direct response as to what is the actual
reason for this. First, the crew was told that the wages would be paid
after the first schedule of the film’s shoot which ended in Hyderabad
some time back. Then they were told that they would be paid the wages on
the ‘eve’ of Deepavali which hasn’t happened.
It is reported that Choudhary is in some
‘financial mess’ after reportedly paying Rs.20 crores to Vijay as his
fee to star in the film as the latter had made it clear that he won’t be
taking part in the film’s shooting schedule unless he is paid full.
This has left the rest of the crew high and dry!
Judul : The Crew of Jilla unhappy at not getting their wages?
Deskripsi : It is strongly rumoured in Kollywood circles that most of the technicians and crew members of Vijay’s upcoming film Jilla remain an un...