SCOOP: Police Company shoot halted for 2 hours on Day 1 after FWICE intervention over RGV’s pending dues
Here's the latest update from the Bollywood world:
“RGV owed over Rs. 1 crore rupees to technicians and workers who worked on his Nagarjuna-starrer 2018 Telugu action movie Officer . FWICE has been pursuing the matter with the filmmaker since 2017, yet the dues remained unpaid. When Varma started shooting for his new movie on Monday, representatives of FWICE arrived on the sets, suspended the shoot, and insisted that the long-pending amounts be settled before production could continue,” a source close to the project told us.
Adding to this, According to sources, FWICE had reached out to the movie's producers, Bhushan Kumar and Parag Sanghvi, soon after Varma revealed the movie last week. The federation issued a formal letter seeking clearance of the filmmaker's outstanding dues to the workers before the start of shooting. The producers had also agreed to a settlement, but the payment had not been processed by Monday, prompting FWICE to intervene on the sets. Following the intervention, the dues were cleared within hours, resolving what had been a nearly decade-long dispute between Varma and FWICE.
Meanwhile, The shooting was impacted for only two hours, after which filming proceeded without further delay. Production is now progressing as planned and is expected to be wrapped up by the end of this year.
Notably, The action thriller stars Harshvardhan Rane in the lead role, alongside an ensemble cast featuring Fardeen Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Paresh Rawal and Makarand Deshpande. As of late revealed by Bollywood Hungama , Police Company is being made in two parts, with plans to shoot both instalments back-to-back and rollout them a few months apart in 2027.
Source: Bollywood Hungama