Overview
- FWICE announced on June 3 that it had withdrawn the non-cooperation directive it issued on May 25 targeting Ranveer Singh over his exit from Farhan Akhtar’s Don 3.
- Ranveer served a legal notice to FWICE on June 2 challenging the directive, and FWICE said its legal team will formally respond to that notice and to other legal filings.
- Veteran producer T P Aggarwal filed a petition in the Bombay Civil Court contesting the authority of trade bodies to impose bans or non-cooperation orders, a move that added a courtroom layer to the dispute.
- Industry groups including the Indian Motion Picture Producers’ Association, the Producers Guild of India, and CINTAA intervened and urged a joint roundtable to negotiate an amicable settlement between the actor and producers.
- The case highlights a recurring legal question about the limits of trade bodies in Bollywood, with coverage citing a 2017 Competition Commission of India decision that constrained FWICE’s ability to impose restrictive conditions on producers and workers.