Tamil stars, technicians face up to 50 per cent pay cut

Tuesday 14th July 2020 14:33 EDT
 

Members of the Tamil Film Producers' Council have reportedly decided to cut down pay of top Tamil stars and technicians through a video conference.

Producer SR Prabhu was quoted in the report as saying, “This is not just about top stars. We are looking at ways on how to tackle this loss of 40-50 per cent, faced by producers in this scenario. For some 50 per cent may be reduced, but for others, 20 per cent may be sufficient. We are trying to bring in a basic guideline of what can be reduced. This is our first agenda. We will discuss other production costs as well.”

He added that the decision was taken unanimously. “This is a unanimous decision but this is not the first time producers have decided to reduce pay. Such meetings have been held in the past too where producers have decided to cut down pays of big stars. However, it has not worked out as intended always,” Prabhu said.

It needs to be known that a few actors and filmmakers from the Tamil film fraternity have already voluntarily announced pay cuts. Actor Vijay Antony announced a pay cut of 25 per cent for his next three projects.


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