Film bodies condemn attack on Prakash Jha and his Aashram crew
Mumbai Oct 25 PTI The Producers Guild of India and Federation of Western India Cine Employees FWICE on Monday criticised the attack on filmmaker Prakash Jha and his crew while they were filming the third season of the series Aashram in Bhopal and said the government must take an action on such brazen acts of violence Bajrang Dal activists allegedly ransacked the set of the series and also threw ink on Jha its producer-director accusing him of portraying Hindus wronglyThe series features actor Bobby Deol in the lead as Baba Nirala a conmanAccording to the police the windscreens of two buses of the crew were broken in stone-pelting with Bajrang Dal threatening that it would not allow the shooting of this web series furtherIn a statement posted on Twitter the Producers Guild of India said it strongly condemns the brazen acts of violence harassment and vandalism faced by the crewUnfortunately this is not an isolated incident and the Guild is alarmed to note the frequency with which both the production and exhibition sectors are severely and illegally disrupted by various elements with impunityContent production contributes significantly to local economies generates employment and promotes tourism which is why authorities in India and across the world formulate policies to attract producers to their respective regions the statement readThe Guild said the least that production units should expect–more than incentives and benefits–is for the authorities to provide the guarantee of safety and security for their unitsWe urge the relevant authorities to take immediate and strict action against the perpetrators of these acts of violence and to bring them to justice the statement readIn another press statement the FWICE appealed to the government to take cognizance of the incident and initiate stringent action against those involved in the vandalismThe safety and security of our members is at high risk and increasing day by day due to such incidents and ignorance of the same by the respective authorities We look for justice The FWICE is and will always stand strongly with the ProducerDirector and their crew members and extends all its required support to eradicate such happenings from the otherwise peaceful Industry the statement readSuperintendent of Police SP Bhopal south Sai Krishna Thota told PTI that some people raised objections and staged protests over the name of the web series when its shooting was underwayBajrang Dal activists objected that this web series hurt the sentiments of Hindus as it contains obscene scenes he saidThe officer said that the windscreens of two buses were damaged due to stone pelting and one person was injured No person has been arrested in this regard so farAccording to eyewitnesses Bajrang Dal activists also raised slogans against Jha and Deol accusing them of hurting the Hindu sentimentsThe first and the second season of the series premiered last year on MX PlayerThe vandalism has been criticised by filmmakers Hansal Mehta Sanjay Gupta and othersScared silence and continued deference will only empower such hooligans and further such oppression But who will bell the cat Mehta captioned a news feedProducer Pritish Nandy tweeted There appears to be no end to these kind of attacks It is time the ministry spoke out and reined these guys in They are running amuck Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra also shared a news clip of the incident and wrote What This is terrible The industry has to get together otherwise do I have to state it Come on Associations Stand with your members Gupta reacted to the news by tweeting DISGUSTING PTI JUR BK BK
Mumbai Oct 25 PTI The Producers Guild of India and Federation of Western India Cine Employees FWICE on Monday criticised the attack on filmmaker Prakash Jha and his crew while they were filming the third season of the series Aashram in Bhopal and said the government must take an action on such brazen acts of violence Bajrang Dal activists allegedly ransacked the set of the series and also threw ink on Jha its producer-director accusing him of portraying Hindus wronglyThe series features actor Bobby Deol in the lead as Baba Nirala a conmanAccording to the police the windscreens of two buses of the crew were broken in stone-pelting with Bajrang Dal threatening that it would not allow the shooting of this web series furtherIn a statement posted on Twitter the Producers Guild of India said it strongly condemns the brazen acts of violence harassment and vandalism faced by the crewUnfortunately this is not an isolated incident and the Guild is alarmed to note the frequency with which both the production and exhibition sectors are severely and illegally disrupted by various elements with impunityContent production contributes significantly to local economies generates employment and promotes tourism which is why authorities in India and across the world formulate policies to attract producers to their respective regions the statement readThe Guild said the least that production units should expect–more than incentives and benefits–is for the authorities to provide the guarantee of safety and security for their unitsWe urge the relevant authorities to take immediate and strict action against the perpetrators of these acts of violence and to bring them to justice the statement readIn another press statement the FWICE appealed to the government to take cognizance of the incident and initiate stringent action against those involved in the vandalismThe safety and security of our members is at high risk and increasing day by day due to such incidents and ignorance of the same by the respective authorities We look for justice The FWICE is and will always stand strongly with the ProducerDirector and their crew members and extends all its required support to eradicate such happenings from the otherwise peaceful Industry the statement readSuperintendent of Police SP Bhopal south Sai Krishna Thota told PTI that some people raised objections and staged protests over the name of the web series when its shooting was underwayBajrang Dal activists objected that this web series hurt the sentiments of Hindus as it contains obscene scenes he saidThe officer said that the windscreens of two buses were damaged due to stone pelting and one person was injured No person has been arrested in this regard so farAccording to eyewitnesses Bajrang Dal activists also raised slogans against Jha and Deol accusing them of hurting the Hindu sentimentsThe first and the second season of the series premiered last year on MX PlayerThe vandalism has been criticised by filmmakers Hansal Mehta Sanjay Gupta and othersScared silence and continued deference will only empower such hooligans and further such oppression But who will bell the cat Mehta captioned a news feedProducer Pritish Nandy tweeted There appears to be no end to these kind of attacks It is time the ministry spoke out and reined these guys in They are running amuck Filmmaker Sudhir Mishra also shared a news clip of the incident and wrote What This is terrible The industry has to get together otherwise do I have to state it Come on Associations Stand with your members Gupta reacted to the news by tweeting DISGUSTING PTI JUR BK BK
