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  • Producers Guild & Times Now settle civil suit over defamatory remarks

    Mumbai: The Producers Guild of India has announced that it has settled the civil suit filed against Times Now over alleged “irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks” against the film industry.

    According to a joint statement from the Guild and Times Now shared on social media, the channel has agreed to abide by provisions of the Programme Code under the Cable TV Networks Rules.

    Four film industry bodies and 34 producers had filed a plea in Delhi high court last year seeking to restrain Republic TV and Times Now from making allegedly defamatory remarks against the Hindi film industry and conducting media trials against its members on various issues following the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput.

    The lawsuit by four Bollywood industry associations and thirty-four leading producers, including those owned by Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgan, Rohit Shetty, Anil Kapoor, Yash Raj Films and R S Entertainment, had sought that the channels be restrained from interfering with the right to privacy of persons associated with the industry. The associations included the Producers Guild of India, Indian Film and TV Producers Council (IFTPC), Screenwriters Association (SWA), and Cine and TV Artist’s Association (CINTAA).

     

     

    “The Plaintiffs and Times Now are pleased to confirm that they have settled the matter, and the application for settlement along with Consent Terms is pending for acceptance before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court. As per the Consent Terms agreed, Times Now reaffirms its commitment to abide by the Programme Code under the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act, 1995 and the Cable Television Network Rules, 1994 and undertakes not to publish or air anything that is defamatory to the Plaintiffs (the Hindi film industry) on the Times Now channel,” the statement read, “With this matter settled, the Plaintiffs and the Times Group can look forward to building on their historically cordial relationship.”

  • Producers Guild ropes in Nitin Tej Ahuja as CEO

    Producers Guild ropes in Nitin Tej Ahuja as CEO

    MUMBAI: It was during the pandemic that the Producers Guild of India lost its affable and hard-working CEO Kulmeet Makkar who passed away following a heart attack. Now the board of the Guild has found his replacement: Nitin Tej Ahuja. Nitin has had a pretty well-rounded career trajectory and he describes himself as a professional with experience as a film producer/publisher/screenwriter/journalist/music IPR on his LinkedIn profile.

    He started his career at Star India as a publicity executive in January 1996, moved on to writing for TV for a few years, hopped on to royalty organisation PPL as the head of mobile and broadcasting, worked with World Space Radio as general manager –music and artiste relations, became publisher of Box Office India, and then finally turning producer with Moving Pictures bringing out movies such as Saheb Biwi Gangster Returns, Bullet Raja, Revolver Rani, Anaamika (Telugu), Zhapatlela, Sata Lota (Marathi).

    Guild members revealed that the announcement was made this morning to them and they  have welcomed his appointment as the association’s CEO.

    Ahuja confirmed this to indiantelevision.com adding that he is happy about getting on to the guild. “As a long-time observer and admirer of the Guild’s wide-ranging and pathbreaking initiatives in championing the interests of content producers, I am honoured to serve in the continuation of the Guild’s untiring efforts. I look forward to working closely with the PGI President and members as we navigate the challenges brought about by the global pandemic and the vastly different landscape that awaits us in the post-Covid2019 world," he said.

    Producers Guild of India president Siddharth Roy Kapur said, “I have known Nitin for many years as someone with an expansive and in-depth understanding of the media and entertainment industry. He is uniquely equipped with the knowledge, experience and ability to take on the challenges and to build on the opportunities that will be presented by the unprecedented times ahead of us. I am confident that in this role, Nitin will be a huge asset to the PGI and to the industry as we move forward.”

     Siddharth further added, “I also want to take this opportunity to recognize the immense contribution of the late Kulmeet Makkar, in his role as CEO of the Guild for the past decade. His sudden demise left us all in grief, and created a huge void at the PGI. Kulmeet worked long and hard with passion and perseverance to bring the Guild to its present stature, and I have no doubt that Nitin will go on to ably build on this wonderful legacy.  

  • Producers’ guild, filmmakers provide vanity vans for on-duty cops

    Producers’ guild, filmmakers provide vanity vans for on-duty cops

    MUMBAI: Ever since the Covid2019 pandemic stuck us, the film fraternity has been standing at the vanguard of providing the much-needed succour and support to the needy and the affected. The industry has been leading by example by extending whatever help it could in these times of crisis.

    Now, police personnel, who have been sweating it out at the frontline of duty during the ongoing lockdown, is benefitting from one such initiative: fully-equipped vanity vans for the use of on-duty police personnel, especially the women members who have to work for longer hours.  

    This gesture, part of the ‘Mission Suraksha’ initiative, is the end result of the coming together of four stakeholders: Film Makers for Frontline Care, Producers Guild of India, Ketan Rawal, owner of vanity vans, and NGO Project Mumbai.

    A total of 16 vanity vans and tents have been deployed at different parts of Mumbai for the use of police personnel.

    “It has been financed by Producers Guild of India, and supported by Ketan Rawal who owns a fleet of vanity vans, and NGO Project Mumbai,” said Chhitra Subramaniam of Filmmakers for Frontline Care.

    “It was our idea. And we went ahead with it. All the money for the initiative came from the producers’ guild. We are a bunch of 8-10 people. Project Mumbai is the supporting partner in this. And the NGO has been extremely helpful in this mission. These vans are only for the police, especially women personnel who find it hard to use toilets during duty. These are stocked with masks, biscuits, sanitary pads, etc,” said Chhitra Subramaniam.  

    While doctors and healthcare workers on the frontline of duty have the option of using the facilities at hospitals, police personnel, especially women, struggle when they are on frontline duty, she said.   

    She is very grateful to all three partners: Producers Guild of India, Ketan Rawal and Project Mumbai for all the support and help.

    Project Mumbai has been providing food to almost 70,000 stranded migrant labourers spread all over Mumbai in addition to giving food for around 1,600 doctors.

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