Ram Gopal Varma is widely considered as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema and the maverick director has often hit the headlines for his films and bold statements. Now, it looks like his new film has also landed in a new controversy. As per a E-Times report, Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) has urged that Ram Gopal Varma's upcoming film 'D Company' must not be released as the filmmaker has massive dues pending. The filmmaker has reportedly not paid Rs 12 crore to South Industry, which is up in arms against him. In a letter to UFO Moviez, FWICE requested that the release of ‘D Company’ must be put on hold till the dues have been cleared.
As per reports, , Ram Gopal Varma has to pay Rs 12 crores in payments to exhibitors, distributors, paper publicity people, poster printing, posters pasting, fighters union, production union and the drivers union for the movie ‘Officer’. It has been revealed that whenever they ask for the payments he would postpone the dates and his cheques also bounced. So now all the unions have decided to stop the release of his films. In yet another setback of for the filmmaker, the release of ‘D Company’ has been delayed but Ram Gopal Varma stated that it was because of the rise in Covid-19 cases. The news was shared by the filmmaker on his Twitter handle. The team will soon announce the release date of the crime drama which is based on the underworld.