Bengali directors call off their strike in Kolkata's entertainment industry, Rahool Mukherjee to direct Prosenjit Chatterjee's film

Tollywood superstars Prosenjit Chatterjee, Dev, senior filmmaker Goutam Ghose met Banerjee at her office Nabanna on Tuesday afternoon.

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At a late evening press conference at Technicians' Studio in Kolkata, Ghose said a committee has been suggested by the Chief Minister to review the existing rules of the federation.

It has been made clear that Rahool Mukherjee, who was not accepted by the technicians as the director of SVF's next film, will be back at the helm of the project featuring Prosenjit himself.

Though the shooting will commence from Wednesday, Rahool will start his project a week later.

"No director or technician from now on will be banned. Non-cooperation will not be allowed," Dev said revealing the decisions taken at the meeting with the Chief Minister.

Genesis of the shutdown

Rahool Mukherjee was announced as the director of an untitled project starring Prosenjit Chatterjee, Anirban Bhattacharya, Priyanka Sarkar by SVF recently.

Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) president Swarup Biswas has reportedly claimed Rahool violated the rule by not informing the federation or the Directors' Association of Eastern India about his foreign visit for shooting.

After the ban, SVF replaced Rahool with filmmaker Soumik Haldar, who directed Abar Bibaho Obhijaan last year. Rahool was incorporated into the film as a creative producer by SVF.

Even after the Directors Association of Eastern India (DAEI) on Friday lifted a three-month break of service which was imposed on Rahool, technicians, as the makers of the upcoming film claimed, refused to take the floor for the shooting of the film.

The situation escalated after several directors, producers and actors from the industry reached the Technicians Studios in Tollygunge, Kolkata, on Saturday morning in a show of support for Rahool, who shot to fame directing Dev starrer Kishmish.

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In a press briefing in the evening following its internal meeting, the federation said it has no objection to shooting the film with Soumik Haldar as the director but not Rahool Mukherjee.

Swarup Biswas, who also happens to be the brother of TMC heavyweight Aroop Biswas, cleared that technicians have no problem with working on the project, which is yet untitled, with Soumik Haldar as the director.

When asked about how the break of service on Rahool which was lifted was overturned, Biswas said last Saturday, "The decision to overturn can't be done in a moment as it's an organisation which has its rules.

"The decision to impose a break of service was taken through AGM. So the decision to overturn it will also have to be made through a meeting."