Amit Behl: Senior Joint Secretary and Chairperson - Outreach Committee, CINTAA
This is a great piece of news that the honorable High Court of Mumbai has quashed the orders of actors and technicians of 65 and above that barred them from shooting. I think this is the result of the joint efforts made by CINTAA, IFTPC, IMPPA, FWICE and our erstwhile senior members like Our President Shri Vikram Gokhale, Manoj Joshi (Senior VP, CINTAA), who visited the Governor of Maharashtra, Hema Malini ji who approached the Home Ministry and Shabana Azmi ji who has been in touch with the Honorable Minister Amit Deshmukh.
Finally, it has happened! Members who have lost their jobs or have been replaced in the interim period when this order had not come is an unfortunate collateral damage.
It's a great victory! There's a sense of solace and a sense of relaxation that we at CINTAA feel. Our senior members, who were in any way troubled with the lockdown and the pandemic can now heave a sigh of relief and work peacefully.
Kudos! Congratulations and also big congratulations to Pramod Pandey who made the effort to actually file a PIL. And a big thank you to the Union Ministry, the Government of Maharashtra and all the people who were involved in getting this effort done. I am hoping everybody stays safe and we are back to a healthy shooting ecosystem soon!
