Filmmaker Sanjay Gupta has faced pushback from the FWICE after questioning their ban on Ranveer Singh. The federation fired back by referencing a grievance Gupta himself lodged in 2021 when Jackie Shroff quit Mumbai Saga midway, leading to industry action at the time.
Responding to Gupta’s remarks,
FWICE General Secretary Ashok Dubey referred to an earlier issue linked to Gupta’s film Mumbai Saga and said the federation had stepped in then to help resolve the matter. He also clarified that FWICE had not imposed an outright ban on Ranveer Singh, but had issued a Non-Cooperation Declaration (NCD), leaving it to federation members to decide whether to work with the actor.
In a media interaction Ashok Dubey recalled a reported incident amidst the making of “Mumbai Saga”, when Jackie Shroff had declined to continue shooting. Ashok Disney reminded Sanjay Gupta that when a few years back in the midst of shoot of his film Mumbai Saga, Jackie Shroff declined to report for the shoot and it was the IFTDA and the federation together that helped resolve the issue
Where was this objection then?
Ironically Sanjay Gupta had no words to defend himself.
Sr. News Editor KV Raman
