Jackky Bhagnani and his father Vasu Bhagnani's production house, Pooja Entertainment, has landed in trouble after several crew members accused it of not clearing their payments on time. A crew member also took to Instagram to write a lengthy post, sharing the plight of the crew members who have been denied payment, citing the film's overshooting budget.
The crew member, Ruchita Kamble, in her post, mentioned the ordeals of her colleagues and urged others to not work with Pooja Entertainment.
She wrote, “Not the one to ever make such posts but sometimes people need to be ousted! Seeing my team and the crew I worked with struggle day in and out to just get hold of our own hard-earned money has compelled me to make this post. Read the sheer frustration of these young girls who have beautifully stated the absolute disregard @pooja_ent has and the sheer unprofessional, unethical behaviour that we all have been tolerating for way too long”.
“Being dodged from one person to another just to ask for our own money which was promised to be cleared within 45-60 working days post completion which in itself is also unprofessional but the crew graciously agreed as we're a bunch driven by a passion for filmmaking. But to exploit this passion to such an extent should not be acceptable. There is no hope of getting paid but this post is to make countless others aware of these fraudulent practices by @pooja_ent @jackkybhagnani @vashubhagnani and vouch to not work with them. PS – Urge my friends to kindly reshare this post and ask other filmmakers to do so too. And if you're associated with any media houses who can escalate it or cover this that will be great,” she added.
Ruchita also shared screenshots of her team members who also called out the production house for non-clearance of dues. One more user, Vaishnavi Paralikar, took to the comment section of the post sharing a similar story without mentioning the production house. The comment read, “I did a movie 2 years ago with a very well-known production house. I along with at least 100 crew members have been awaiting our payments (2-month salaries) for 2 years. Meanwhile, actors have been paid immediately because they are ACTORS. None of the producers have an answer to our question, Where is my hard-earned money? Most importantly, When can I get my hard-earned money?”
Pooja Entertainment last produced Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff starrer 'Bade Miyan Chote Miyan', which tanked at the box office. Other recent projects of the production house include ' 'Mission Raniganj', 'Jawaani Jaaneman', and 'Bell Bottom'.
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