‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain’ actress Saumya Tandon on non-payment of dues: My payments are severely delayed

The nationwide lockdown owing to the Coronavirus pandemic has severely affected each and every sector. With films being put on hold and shooting of television serials cancelled, the entertainment industry has taken the major hit. It was only recently when the Maharastra government gave permission to resume shoots but only if everyone agrees to follow its 16 pages guidelines.

‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain‘ actress Saumya Tandon recently opened up about her concerns once the shoot is resumed. She even spoke about dealing with non-payment of dues.

Sharing her concern over how the guidelines will be followed once shooting resumes, Saumya told Pinkvilla, “In those lists of rules, I still can’t find a rule which asks that everyone should be mandatorily checked for COVID. I am worried about that because the networks and the producers won’t be on the ground working, we are the ones who are actually on the first line of fire. COVID 19 is an asymptomatic disease, anybody can carry the virus in their body and show symptoms later. So testing them for the same should be done. Secondly, we need someone to monitor if the rules are being followed or not.”

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The actress even shared how production houses have been asked to make budget cuts and that means even the actors will have to change their remuneration. Opening up about non-payment of her dues, Saumya told the portal, “Our payments are also delayed. My payments are severely delayed. So, yes the payments are yet to be completely cleared. I don’t distrust them (producers) and I am sure they should and they would clear but yes, they are delayed.”

In the recent past, a few television actors committed suicide over the financial crisis caused due to lockdown. Commenting on that, Saumya said, “A lot of people say that the networks are also not getting money because of no advertisements but nevertheless, this is the payment of work done. We usually work on a 90 days credit period. The revenue of that work I assume is already there and ideally, it should be cleared. I can still sustain but many others can’t.”

Television actors Manmeet Grewal and Preksha Mehta had committed suicide due to financial crisis and uncertainty of getting work in the future.

Also Read: ‘Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!’: Producer Binaifer Kohli says actors have agreed to stay on sets when shoot resumes

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