Overview
- The industry bodies said Sunday that all shoots will stop from Tuesday, April 7, until clear safety steps are put in place for artists and crews.
- Rahul Banerjee’s wife, Priyanka Sarkar, filed an FIR at the Talasari Marine police station on Friday night, and Odisha Police said they will examine possible negligence or criminal conspiracy.
- The West Bengal Motion Pictures Artists’ Forum lodged a Zero FIR in Kolkata on Saturday naming Magic Moments Motion Pictures and its directors, which allows a case to be filed outside the incident site and then transferred to the proper jurisdiction.
- Police and eyewitness reports say Banerjee and a co‑actor slipped into an underwater ditch during a knee‑deep water dance sequence on March 29, and a post‑mortem reportedly found sand and saline water in his lungs consistent with drowning.
- Actors and technicians marched in Kolkata demanding “Justice for Rahul,” and leaders pressed for concrete safeguards such as mandatory medical support on set, warning the strike could stall most Bengali film and TV production until new rules are enforced.