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Film industry row: Stalemate continues
Thiruvananthapuram: The discussion convened by cultural minister M A Baby to solve the issue in the film industry concluded without reaching any kind of settlement. The concerned film organizations were not ready for any kind of compromise in the meet held at the Kottayam guest house. The meet concluded after deciding to convene another meeting on May 12. The minister asked each association to write down their demands. A committee has been formed with T Balakrishnan IAS as the chairman and Chalachithra Academy chairman K R Mohanan as the convener to solve the issue. For the last 15 days film shooting and releasing of new films have been stopped. When distributors demanded to include the income for noon show too when considering the holdover of one film. The producers demand to cut the remuneration of stars. Film chamber is of the opinion to prevent stars from participating in T V Shows.
The Kerala Film Producers' Association had April 16 decided that no new Malayalam film would be allowed to start shooting as a protest against rising production costs. The association said it had requested the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) to cut production costs but to no avail.
Apart from this, a few new films slated for release this week did not hit screens as exhibitors threatened to close down theatres if the stalemate between the producers and AMMA was not resolved.
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