Saturday, September 23, 2006
The union mafia's film "bandh"
Today the Tamil film industry has chosen to "honour their kalaigner". The umbrella union of film-workers (FEFSI-Film Employees Federation of South India) has effectively called for a two-day halt to all film activity.
This is technically not a bandh to filmmaking, but surely irritates us non-believers and non-sycophants. FEFSI card holders, even if they are full-time employees of private production houses, like ours, are compelled to not work. As a result we have to cancel and reschedule a whole bunch of shoots. Our own electricians and set-riggers are afraid to work, fearing union reprisals (கார்ட கிழிச்சிடுவாங்க ஸார்) The genny-operators we hired, are to lose two-days of 'bata'. Our reschedule is going to cost us four times over because we lose two more days next week to Gandhi Jayanthi and Aayutha Pujai.
If you want a fucking holiday, why the fuck are we paying for it? And who the fuck are you? Because we includes the worker who's losing two-days' wages.
Comments to The union mafia's film "bandh"
Is that true that its mandatory to hold FEFSI card to work in Tamil film industry ?
Few years back, I remember FEFSI called for a strike against Padaipaligal(?) Sangam. Kamal and Balachander also sided with them. So how does the whole thing film making process works in kollywood ? can you write about that ?
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I just hate this type of paarattu vizha.
There is zero gain and use of this type of things. Instead the money could be put in use for yezha yelia makkal
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Raghu
He He...is it just a coincidence that the parattu vizha is timed overlooking council elections ?
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