Studios like Film city, Mehboob studious and Filmistan are empty as the strike by the Bollywood technicians continues for the second day demanding the raise in their wages and regulated working hours for cine workers.

Dharmesh Tiwari, President of the FWICE said the decision to strike was taken as no other option was left.

“We are not demanding any thing extra… Only the wages as signed in the Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) between the producer associations and workers federation,” he told.

“A lightman, for example, should get minimum of Rs 450 for working 8 hours a day. But, he ends up working for more than 24 hours and does not get payment also, Tiwari said. He added that not even the technicians but even the actors working in daily soaps do not get paid on time and are asked to work for prolonged hours resulting in sickness or even fainting on the sets.