Category: Celebrity
Project 50: Celebrations of Yash Raj Films 50th anniversary postponed due to Coronavirus; films with Hrithik Roshan, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone also deferred
Just last month we had reported that the Siddharth Anand directorial that stars Shah Rukh Khan had been pushed due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Now we hear that plans to celebrate Yash Raj Films completing 50 years have also been dented due to the virus. In fact, the grapevine state that due to the lockdown situation and the fact that everything has come to a standstill, the plans to celebrate YRF’s 50th anniversary via Project 50 have now been delayed.
For the uninitiated, Project 50, was said to be an announcement of sorts that would be made to commemorate 50 years since YRF was established would feature a slew of films being launched that would feature big names like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif, Hrithik Roshan and others. Besides this, a grand event was being planned that would also feature these actors and a few more like Aamir Khan talking about their experience working with Yash Raj Films and the late Yash Chopra.
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Producers Association to decide future of entertainment industry on video conferencing
While there is no certainty about when shooting will resume in the film and television industries, the FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) on Tuesday afternoon took a call to begin serious meetings on the issue, chalking out guidelines and the dos and don’ts defining the new normal once the shooting begins.
A letter from FWICE (included below) released on Tuesday afternoon proposes a series of meetings on the Zoom app to discuss health, security and safety of all the stakeholders. Elaborating on the content of the letter Ashoke Pandit chief adviser of the FWICE says, “We understand that there can be no movement ahead in the resumption of shooting until the Government comes up with clear guidelines. We also understand that until such a time, we cannot formulate our own guidelines. However there are some very basic dos and don’ts regarding social distancing and the extent of work that can be done from outside the set for a shooting, that we need to be clear about.”
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