Village in Satara tells production house to stop shoot over action against actor

Days after noted Marathi actor Kiran Mane was ousted from a popular television show allegedly due to his political views on social media the sarpanch of a village in Satara where the serial is being shot issued a letter to the production house asking it to stop the shootThe show mdash lsquoMulgi Zali Horsquo mdash a Marathilanguage TV drama which airs on lsquoStar Pravahrsquo channel featured Mane in the role of Vilas PatilMane on Friday January 14 alleged that he was officially conveyed to not report to sets and they makers did not officially inform him of the reason behind this decision ldquoHowever off the record someone from the show said that it has happened because of the comments that I make on social mediardquo he saidThe shooting of the Marathi serial is underway at a wada in Gulumb village in Wai tehsil of Satara districtThe woman sarpanch who signed the letter written to the showrsquos production house could not be contacted for her comment but the coordinator of the production crew on Sunday claimed that the letter was issued ldquoinadvertentlyrdquo and the shooting at the village is still on without any problemThe letter signed by village sarpanch Swati Mane is going viral on social media It condemns the Marathi film industry ldquofor removing an actor who expressed his political viewsrdquoThe letter said that the crew of the serial should not forget that in Maharashtra democracy still runs on the ideology of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj Mahatma Phule and Dr Babasaheb AmbedkarIt stated that the gram panchayat refuses permission granted to the shooting of the serial at Gulumb villageLine producer and crew coordinator of the production house Sachin Sasane however said that the letter was issued ldquoinadvertentlyrdquo and claimed that the local body of the village believes that the shooting of the serial should continueHe claimed that the shooting has given a source of earning and employment opportunities to the villagersldquoHow is it justifiable to stop the medium of employment and earning of locals for one man who was not removed due to his political views but due to his misbehaviourrdquo he saidSasane claimed that the letter was signed without hearing their production house side but when the gram panchayat was informed about the other side the shooting resumedMahadev Mhaskar former vice president of Satara Zilla Parishad and a resident of Gulumb village said ldquoThe issue is between the actor and the production house The residents are not related to the matter and we have asked the gram panchayat members and the sarpanch to convene a meeting and issue a clarification on thisrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever