Rift between associations of actors and producers intensifies

The rift between the associations of producers and actors over the proposed cinema strike seems to be widening. The Kerala Film Producers’ Association has said that the box-office returns of movies will be published regularly as part of the measures being taken to reveal the losses being suffered by the producers. G. Suresh Kumar, vice-president of the producers’ association, pointed out that a few actors seemed upset about the decision to publish the box-office returns. Theatre collection He made this statement when asked about the lead crop of actors rallying behind the position taken by producer Antony Perumbavoor against the strike plan in the Malayalam film industry proposed by a combine of producers, exhibitors and distributors and endorsed by the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce. They said they would extend all legal assistance to ad-hoc committee member Jayan Cherthala who had received a notice from the producers’ association asking him to withdraw his statement that the producers’ body had not yet repaid a portion of the financial support extended to it by AMMA.