However, now the technicians refused to show up for his latest directorial venture despite the Directors Guild’s approval for Mukherjee to work. The first day of shooting was disrupted, which has now urged the directors to go on a strike to support their colleague, Rahool.

The Directors Association of Eastern India has noted that they would cease work from Monday onwards to demand a proper resolution for this unfortunate tiff.

Filmmakers including Aparna Sen, Kaushik Ganguly, and Srijit Mukherjee have publicly supported the strike while using hashtag #directorsinsolidarity on social media. Many directors also gathered at Prosenjit’s Ballygunge home to discuss the need for laws that can keep changing with changing times.

“This is not a clash between directors and technicians. We are like family. But we need to review if what we follow can be called laws,” actor-filmmaker Kaushik Ganguly commented on the issue.

The Directors’ Guild has also sent out a message to its members in Bengali. It reads, “Giving importance and respect to the sentiments and opinions of the majority of the directors, the executive committee of the organization requests that the members will remain absent from all shooting floors in Bengali from tomorrow (29/12/2024) until the problems of the directors are resolved amicably.”