Entertainment Industry workers to get vaccinated under new vaccination drive organised by multiple cinema bodies : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama

May 31, 2021

As the second wave of the pandemic severely affected the nation, it has turn out to be important for everyone to get vaccinated so as to battle the lethal coronavirus. So, as to deliver Bollywood again on observe, the Producers’ Guild of India and the Indian Film & Television Directors’ Association (IFTDA), in affiliation with the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), are organising vaccination drives for the forged and crews of movie items within the coming weeks.

The Producers Guild of India (PGI), the premier affiliation of the main Indian movie, tv and digital content material producers will launch tomorrow a vaccination drive for its members and related manufacturing crews. Through these camps, hundreds of manufacturing home personnel and crews can be vaccinated over the multi-day drive being held at Mehboob Studios, beginning June 1st 2021.

It is hoped that this camp shall contribute to the nationwide mission of accomplishing common vaccination and in addition facilitate safer taking pictures and content material manufacturing. All the workers actively concerned within the manufacturing course of can be vaccinated within the new drive organised by the federation. The unions are collectively aiming to immunise shut to 10,000 folks, together with artists, producers, every day-wage workers and freelancers.

There can be a six-day programme which can be held at Mehboob Studios in Bandra from tomorrow onwards organised by The Guild. Manish Goswami, vice-president, Guild, says that they’re concentrating on shut to 5,000 folks. Those already registered on Co-WIN can obtain their vaccination on the venue. This is being accomplished in affiliation with Bhakti Vedanta Hospital, and every jab is priced at Rs 1,000. The value can be borne by the respective manufacturing homes. They could enhance the vaccine rollout, relying on the turnout.

Major manufacturing homes together with Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, Rohit Shetty Picturez and Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s Excel Entertainment have come ahead to help and be a part of arms with this initiative.

Expressing appreciation for the numerous contributions that enabled this camp, Siddharth Roy Kapur, President of the Producers Guild of India, stated, “An activity of such importance and magnitude cannot be carried out singlehandedly and we are extremely grateful for the support we have received to make this possible. In particular from our members Excel Entertainment who played a pivotal role in securing the vaccines and Mehboob Productions who very generously offered complimentary use of the spacious Mehboob Studios. We are happy that we are able to provide this facility to our members, their employees and the cast and crew of their productions as we work to get the industry back on its feet again in the weeks ahead.”

Apart from this, IFTDA and FWICE in collaboration with Surya Hospital may also conduct their parallel immunisation camp for five,000 members on the Federation workplace in Andheri and can begin the drive between June 10 and 15. This drive can be organised and funded by Ashoke Pandit, president, IFTDA.

Apart from Andheri and Bandra camp, the federation can also be planning to arrange one other camp at Goregaon Film City after a while. Ashoke Pandit additionally revealed that Yash Raj Films has additionally come up to help this drive and has promised to present funds for 30,000 vaccine photographs. And it is usually speculated that Chief Minister’s Office has despatched its approval to proceed with the plan.