FILM BODY LIFTS BAN ON RANVEER SINGH

Pic Credit: Ranveer Singh Insta

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has withdrawn its “non-cooperative directive” against Ranveer Singh, just a week after issuing it over the actor’s exit from Don 3 in December. The body said its legal team will address the notices sent to it, but chose to withdraw the directive following appeals from the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association and the Cine and TV Artists Association.

Ashoke Pandit, Chief Advisor to the FWICE, while speaking to the media in Mumbai mentioned “after our last press conference, we reached out to other film bodies asking for their support. We got responses from IMPAA and the Producers Guild of India”.

The Producers Guild of India criticized Ranveer Singh for his last-minute exit from Don 3, saying it adversely affected production house Excel Entertainment, the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association urged that the non-cooperation directive be withdrawn in the broader interest of the film industry.

“We’ve been saying exactly what the Producers Guild has said now. Sitting with all film bodies together to resolve the issue is exactly what we wanted in the first place. We appeal to Ranveer Singh as well to come forward and resolve this amicably. We hope he becomes even a bigger and bigger star,” added Pandit.