Slash in actors’ paycheck expected

At the joint discussion by the film distributors in Tamil Nadu and the Producers’ Council burning issues such as the reduction of the salary of the lead actors and technicians and reduction of production cost were discussed. According to the distributors, cutting down the pay will significantly bring down the production costs.

Some of the other issues discussed were the screening of films. The general consensus is that since four or five are released every week it is difficult to get theatres. To avoid this problem, the distributors wanted the Producers’ Council to permit only two films per week. It is expected that a final decision in this regard will be taken in April.