Producers Guild of India sets up relief fund for workers affected by shut down due to coronavirus outbreak
With the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic halting all shooting and production work of Indian entertainment industry, the Producers Guild of India has set up a relief fund for workers affected by the shutdown.
“The Producers Guild of India today announced that it would set up a Relief Fund for daily wage earners impacted by the complete shutdown of film, television and OTT productions owing to the
COVID-19 epidemic,” read an official statement by the body.
“In light of the complete shutdown of all production-related activity for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 outbreak, there is bound to be a significant impact on the lives and livelihoods of daily wage earners in the industry,” said the President of The Producers Guild of India, Siddharth Roy Kapur.
Zoya Factor’ actress, Sonam Kapoor Ahuja and husband Anand, on Wednesday, flew back to India from London. Sonam took to her social media to speak about her journey back home and shared her experience at the Delhi airport. Sonam Kapoor also lauded the authorities for the precautionary measures they’re taking and thanked them for dealing with the coronavirus crisis incredibly.
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja took to her Instagram story and shared her experience with her followers. In the video, Sonam revealed that she’s back home with her husband and is happy to be in India.
The actress said, “Anand and I are back in Delhi, we are in our room. We just want to thank everybody at the airport and everybody who was on the flight. It was very smooth, very responsibly done.”
The actress then lauded the Indian authorities for handling the situation in an incredible way. Sonam said, “I just want to say that it is incredible the way the authorities are handling the situation. It’s very commendable and laudable. We went to immigration; they again rechecked where we had been on our passports, which was extremely responsible.”
“Just want everybody to know that everybody is doing the best they can do, actually the government is doing the best they can do. We all are in this together,” added Sonam.