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Chennai, February 5th
Crisis engulfed Kollywood as the two-week long rift between the Film Employees Federation of South India (FEFSI) and the Tamil Film Producers Council over wage revision, deepened today with members of the former staging a day-long fast seeking the intervention of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.Film shooting had been crippled for the last 15 days after a new wage proposal mooted by the FEFSI was turned down by the Council, leading to the stand off.The Film Producers Council had convened an emergency meeting and refused to accept FEFSI's unilateral proposal.
It also announced severing of its ties with FEFSI while allowing a free hand to film producers to make their own arrangements in hiring staff while asking them not to engage those owing allegiance to FEFSI.
This led to a crisis in the Kollywood and shooting of several films, which had hit the floors, including films of leading stars, were grounded resulting in loss of several crores of rupees.
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