Producers Guild of India to organize vaccination drive for its members & associated production crews 

By Rajesh Ahuja

Amid a sharp surge in Covid cases in Maharashtra in recent weeks,  the Producers Guild of India, the leading association of the Indian film, television and digital content producers , will launch tomorrow a vaccination drive for its members and associated production crews as part of its efforts to protect crew of various film production houses against COVID-19. 

Through these camps, thousands of production house personnel and crews will be vaccinated over a multi city drive being held at Mehboob Studios starting June 1.

Terming mass vaccination as the only effective weapon in the long and deadly war against the coronavirus that has ravaged the country,  the Producers Guild of India hoped that the mass vaccination will facilitate safer shooting and content production.

'By now it is clear that mass vaccination as the only effective weapon in the long and deadly war against the coronavirus that has ravaged the country as also its entertainment industry.  It is hoped that this camp will contribute to the National mission of attaining Universal vaccination and also facilitate safer shooting and content production,'the Guild said.

Expressing appreciation for the  many contributions that enabled this camp, the president of the Producers Guild of India Siddharth Roy kapur said, ''an activity of such importance and magnitude cannot be carried out singlehandedly and we are grateful for the support we have received to make this possible., in particular from our members Excel entertainment who played a pivotal role in securing the vaccines and Mehboob productions who very generously offered complementary use of the spacious Mehboob Studios.

We are happy that we are able to provide this service to our members,  their employees and cast and crew of their productions as we work to get industry back on its frpeet again in the weeks ahead.

Producers Guild of India to organize vaccination drive for its members and associated production crews 

In recent weeks,  the unprecedented surge in covid cases in Maharashtra has led to a severe shortage of COVID-19 vaccines.

The surge has led the state government enforce a lockdown and a ban on  shooting and film  production activities in the state , affecting livelihood of thousands of people engaged in the film business.

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Sharp spurt in COVID-19 cases in many states in the country, including Maharashtra, over the past few weeks has resulted in makers of films like  Haathi Mere Saathi, Bunty Aur Babli2 , Chehre , Sooryavanshi , Satyamev Jayate 2 and Toofan deferring the release of their films due to the worsening covid situation.

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With the situation remaining grim, it is only a matter of time before the makers of other mega starrers also postpone the release of the films.

Bollywood has several mega starrers lined up in the coming months,  which would be severely impacted if the covid situation in the country continues to worsen.