Coronavirus outbreak: Producers Guild announces Relief Fund, Mahesh Bhatt & others react

Producers Guild of India (GUILD) on Tuesday anunced that y have set up a relief fund for daily w earners impacted by shutdown of film, television and web productions amid coronavirus pandemic. In a statement shared on Twitter, Siddharth Roy Kapur, president of GUILD, urged members of film fraternity to contribute to fund to "minimize disruption in lives of our valued colleagues".

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 Producers Guild of India sets up a relief fund

"In light of complete shutdown of all production-related activity for foreseeable future due to COVID-19 outbreak, re is bound to be a significant impact on lives and livelihoods of daily w earners in industry. " Producers Guild of India has decided to set up a Relief Fund to help support those affected by shutdown. We would encour entire fraternity to contribute to fund to minimize disruption in lives of our valued colleagues and associates in this difficult time," Kapur said in a statement.

Reacting to it, Filmmakers Mahesh Bhatt and Anubhav Sinha lauded decision. Re below- 

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decision comes after many from film industry, including filmmakers Sudhir Mishra, Vikramitya Motwane and Anurag Kashyap, h raised concerns over impact of shutdown on daily w workers. Various film bodies in India including Federation of Western Indian Cine Employees (FWICE), Indian Film & Television Directors'' Association (IFTDA) and GUILD on Sunday decided to put all productions on hold from March 19 to March 31 to control spre of dely virus.

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