The federation says the shoot was for composer-singer Amit Trivedi’s music video
Rachana Dubey (BOMBAY TIMES; March 19, 2020)

Yesterday the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) received a tip-off about an on-going music video shoot in Madh Island, Mumbai. It was apparently for music composer-singer Amit Trivedi’s upcoming song. The FWICE members, along with their health and safety supervisor, reached the set at about 2.30 pm and brought the work to a halt, immediately.

Speaking to BT, Ashok Dubey, General Secretary of FWICE, said, “The members of the federation reached the set unannounced. When they asked the unit members why they were at work despite the announcement made on Tuesday that all shoots had to be stopped immediately due to Coronavirus outbreak, they said that they were 'confused'. Initially, it was decided that work would stop from March 19, but on Tuesday, a fresh decision was made and communicated to everyone.”

When we spoke to Feroz (Raja) Khan, the Health and Safety Chairman of the FWICE, who was present on the set, he said, “We spoke to the unit members. Amit Trivedi was not on the set. They were following precautions. Some unit members who had reported sick on the set were sent back home with their due payments. They had medical help at hand and were also conducting thermal screenings, wearing masks and using sanitisers, but the point is, they were not supposed to be shooting in the first place. So, we made them vacate the set and sent everyone home.”

While Amit could not be reached, his wife Krutee said that she was totally unaware of the incident. “We are actually at home. How will Amit be doing any music video shoots? He hardly gets any time from film work. Since it’s a music video, everyone is assuming that it is Amit Trivedi’s video. I don’t know about this... udhar Madh mein kya ho raha hai mujhe pata nahin hai,” she said.

- Inputs by Debarati Sen