Two Years Of Covid Lockdown: The Sorry State Of Bollywood바카라�s Junior Artists Continues

But who makes these daily payments? 바카라�There are suppliers who make the payment for junior artists. Just like production houses hire production managers, they also hire suppliers for junior artists. They take payment from the producers maybe in 3 or 6 months, but they ensure that the junior artist is paid every day for their work,바카라� adds Tiwari.

He goes on to emphasise, 바카라�The life of junior artists is quite hard. We at the Federation ensure that the payment is done daily anyhow because if they바카라�re not paid for their day바카라�s work, many of them might have to starve themselves the next day, as they wouldn바카라�t have money enough to sustain themselves.바카라�

Junior artist, Laxmi Goswami from Ghatkopar, Mumbai, who has been working since 2005, spoke up about the issues faced by the ladies in the field. She says, 바카라�The payment happens shift-wise. The supplier pays us every day in cash, and he/she gets paid by the production house after 2-3 months. The payment has not been increased since 2014, and we are in talks for quite a while to increase the payment. For seniors the serials pay Rs 1190 per shift and movies pay Rs 1410 per shift. 바카라�

For the elderly, the payment is slightly lesser even. Junior artist Jamil Khan says, 바카라�For serials, we get paid Rs 1050 and for movies, we get around Rs 1250.바카라�

바카라�We faced a lot of issues during the pandemic. The production people ask us to get 3-4 different types of outfits, and we have to run around the city to get those, and all that travelling costs are turning out to be really heavy on us. Even if we are eating a sandwich outside the shoot, that also is mighty expensive nowadays. Considering all of these, the livelihood ends up being really difficult,바카라� says Goswami.

Most people are facing the issues are of the number of days of work in a month. Goswami adds on this, 바카라�The work we get is for around 10 days a month, and not for the entire 30 days. Some months it's 15 days, but that바카라�s also rare. The supplier has to keep a lookout for everyone, and therefore, he/she also gives everyone work turn by turn. We can바카라�t even take a fixed job at any other place because if we end up taking that, then the shoots can happen any day. Then, we won바카라�t be able to take a leave from there to go for the shoot. Therefore, many junior artists end up selling vegetables or riding autos, etc. The gents are doing that, but do the ladies aren바카라�t being able to do that as well.바카라�

Adding on the number of working days in a month, Khan adds, 바카라�We are all daily wage workers, and the issue has always been there, and it바카라�s not something that바카라�s started during the pandemic. The work has never been regular. On average, we go out to shoot for 10-15 days only.바카라�

Talking particularly of the lockdown times, Goswami says, 바카라�Take the example of this month, I바카라�ve worked for 3 days in these 15 days. In that Rs 3000 around that, I바카라�ve earned, around Rs 1000 goes off in travel. So, you only decide, what바카라�s there to save? Also because of the lockdown, a lot of shoots have started happening out of the city, which is again taking a lot of work away from us.바카라�

In the same vein, Khan adds, 바카라�During the pandemic, a lot of shoots started happening on locations outside the city. So that바카라�s why the days of work keep changing from 10 to 15 to even 22 days at times. But at the same time, there have been months at a stretch during the lockdown that we haven바카라�t gone out to work. We get the payment per day from the supplier, and the producer later compensates them for the entirety after 90-100 days. The supplier arranges money anyhow and ensures that our daily wages are paid.바카라�

The condition seems to be an age-old issue, and the business being an unorganised sector, it바카라�s always difficult to have a proper payment structure. However, there is hope for many of these junior artists who don바카라�t just want to have daily wages and want to move ahead to being cast in character roles or leading actor roles. Many have done it in the past. Actor Jeetendra was a background dancer before he ended up getting the role of a hero and the rest is history. The same was the case with the late Sushant Singh Rajput, who had danced in numerous stage shows and also in many songs behind popular Bollywood actors. Also, actress Daisy Shah began her journey as a background dancer and did films like 'Tere Naam', and later on, went on to be noticed by Salman Khan, and worked with him in films like 'Jai Ho' and 'Race 3'. The biggest example of having made it big is actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who began from doing single scene roles in films like 바카라�Sarfarosh바카라� and 바카라�Munnabhai MBBS바카라� to now leading the entire film on his shoulders.