PremiumLeo: Naa Ready dancers protest over unpaid salaries, video goes viral
A video of dancers engaging in a heated argument presumably with a member of the Leo production team has surfaced online.
Last Updated: 06.26 PM, Oct 10, 2023
Speculations and controversies in connection with Thalapathy Vijay's upcoming movie Leo fail to die down. A group of dancers thronged the offices of the producers of Leo accusing them of failing to pay their fee.
A video of dancers engaging in a heated argument presumably with a member of the Leo production team has surfaced online. Many could be heard complaining that their payments have not been cleared even four months after completing their work.
The representative of the production team could also be heard asking the dancers to approach the union as they were responsible for clearing the payments. An official statement on the matter has not yet bee released.
Leo fresh controversy
According to reports, the producers recruited as many as 1,500 extra dancers for the song titled Naa Ready, which was also the first single released from the music album. Producer Lalit Kumar earlier revealed that the song was shot on a massive scale spending a fortune. He revealed that the shooting of the shoot spanned seven days.
Even as the release date of Leo draws closer, many dancers who worked on that song have allegedly waiting for their payments. Earlier, one Riyaz Ahamed released a video making similar allegations. In the video, he claimed that he was one of the freelance dancers hired for the Naa Read song shoot . He also showed the identity card that was distributed among the dancers. "I was one among the 13,00 people. Even after four months, I have not yet received the payment. We are not getting any proper response to the concerns that we have raised. I request the Leo team clear our payments soon," he said.
Leo is one of the most-awaited movies across the world. Written and directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, the movie is due in cinemas on October 19.