The strike of film cine workers might delay the releases of films causing great financial losses to the producers.
Members of the Film Producers Council are in a quandary these days, caught between the proverbial devil in the form of the strike following the standoff with the Federation of Cine Workers, and the deep blue sea in the form of their desire to release their films before December 31st.
The Producers Council had earlier in the week called for a halt to activities related to cinema production because of the standoff with cine workers over the settlement of their long-pending demands.
The strike, originally a token one-day affair, was extended to an indefinite one as the demands of the cine workers piled up, putting off the planned releases of films before December 31st, the day when the Srikrishna Commission is expected to submit its report on the future of Andhra Pradesh.
The producers are naturally keen to get their films released before that date, since they fear a backlash either by Telangana protagonists, or by integrationists after the submission of the report.
According to sources, the film producers planned the dates of releasing their films according to the report submission so that they do not lose out on paying exorbitant interest rates to financiers. If the releases of the films are on time, the producers can get the money invested in the films from the distributors, and pay off the financiers.
The strike called for by the Film Producers Council has now boomeranged on the producers themselves, since they cannot call off the strike without agreeing to the demands of cine workers.
The films in the released and yet to be released lists are Venkatesh and Anuskha starrer Nagavalli, Allari Naresh and Kamna Jethmalani starrer Katti Kantharao, Nagarjuna's Ragada, Ravi Teja's Mirapayaka, Suresh Productions' Aalasyam Amruthamvisham, Ram Gopal Verma's Raktha Charithra II, Ramcharan Teja's Orange, Manasara, Titanic III, Nene Ambani, Trone and Charles Angels.
According to sources, some of the producers are considering braving it out and getting their films released in the first week of January, hoping and praying that there would not be a major backlash by the separatists or the integrationists.
Courtesy: INN