Actors Gossips: Nia Sharma slams TV producers, says we often work for 16 to 22 hours each day, we deserve better

Actors Gossips: Nia Sharma slams TV producers, says we often work for 16 to 22 hours each day, we deserve better

Nia Sharma after Manmeet Grewal's suicide, speaks about the condition of the show business.

Nia Sharma slams TV producers, says 'we often work for 16 to 22 hours each day, we deserve better'

Ever since news of TV actor Manmeet Grewal's suicide broke because he was out of labor and didn't have money to pay rent, people are wondering about the economic condition of the show business. Speaking about an equivalent, actress Nia Sharma expressed her anger and said that folks face it frequently, but don’t mention it often.

In a heartfelt social media post, Nia wrote, "If I start taking names of these struggling due to pending dues, the list will continue. Paying a couple of lakhs may take time, but imagine an actor I do know has been struggling for months to urge Rs 70,000 payment. whenever he visits the producer’s office, he’s given another date." She further revealed that she knows a minimum of six more friends who face an identical issue. Not keen to reveal their names, Nia said a number of their cases are pending with Cine and Television Artistes’ Association (CINTAA).

"We often work for 16 to 22 hours each day, and that we deserve better. We aren’t salaried, neither can we do quite one show at a time. So where can we earn from? such a lot is being talked about other issues, but there’s not a word about those struggling within the TV industry," she said, adding that it's tougher to measure in an upscale city like Mumbai.

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Not that I knew him, but the news about his suicide owing to his financial crisis is disturbing! (Needless to mention Migrants’ plight in the news everyday) Now, was he the only one going through it? No! Every living being is. I know many of my friends(Actors) that haven’t been paid since last year or more with rents and EMIs mounting, work this year clearly being halted indefinitely, everyone’s losing patience somewhere. I know, Producers have bigger risks and problems to deal with .. no clarity on the industry resuming Work any soon ,but still keeping up with the salaries of their huge staff , I totally respect that! Infact would thank them for generating thousands of jobs for us through the years, I could make a better life here. On that note, I’d just like to make a humble request on behalf of my fellow actors/ friends, other daily wagers that their dues be paid asap especially at a time when they need it the most so that we’re not waking up to more such Suicide Stories a few days or a month later!! I wish to be financially so strong one day that I myself could help people around. I rest my note.

A post shared by Nia Sharma (@niasharma90) on May 17, 2020 at 1:40pm PDT

The 29-year-old also talked about the threats that a number of the actors and workers receive from production houses. "A lot of times, actors are told, ‘If you’re getting to mention us publicly or take us to CINTAA or a court, you’ll never get work or paid’. this is often the rationale why many close up or cry silently. it might take any of those people only a couple of seconds to require a drastic step," she said.




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