Hamari Bahu Silk Payment Row: LEAKED AUDIO CLIP gives the CONTROVERSY a new twist

MUMBAI: TellyChakkar.com broke the news of Zee TV show Hamari Bahu Silk cast and crew facing severe non-payment issues since the entire tenure of the show. The distressed cast and crew opinionated that they may resort to ending their lives, if their payments are not made. The news got viral and a lot of celebrities supported the cast and crew of the show and called out to the producers Devyani Rale- Sudhanshu Pandey (Klay Pictures) and Jyoti Gupta (Silver Ivory Productions). Jyoti Gupta recently released a statement about himself being a victim in the entire matter. 

In a chat with TellyChakkar.com, Jyoti talked about his work ethics, professionalism, great intentions and having an understanding of the plight that the cast and crew are suffering.

(Read here: Those who are BLAMING me will one day work with me again: Jyoti Gupta, Co-Producer of Hamari Bahu Silk  )

Well, TellyChakkar.com has got its hands on a leaked audio clip which we have exclusively received wherein producer Jyoti Gupta is having a conversation with a few actors about the payments. In the audio clip, Jyoti says, “Actors ko 40% de sakte hai par technicians or baaki logon ko 30% hi dege” (We can pay 40% to the actors while we are intending to pay 30% to the technicians and crew members). In the audio clip, Jyoti along with another person can be gauged negotiating the payments with the actor citing that they faced immense loss because of the show.

Towards the end of the audio clip, Jyoti can be heard in a firm tone saying something like, “Sign kar deta toh 40% kya 10% bhi nahi deta”

Here’s the audio clip:

Ahead of receiving the audio clip, we tried to get in touch with Jyoti Gupta but couldn’t connect with him.

When contacted Zaan, he said, “I’m amazed at the web of lies that Jyoti Gupta is making. He wasn’t the line producer. Line producers never get the authority to sign cheques. He has received payment for the first 15 days from Silver Ivory Productions. I’ve been reading about the issue being solved as the channel has intervened and all but that’s not the truth. We are yet to receive an intimation on any such development. However, the matter has reached JD Majethia sir and he is quite concerned about the same”.

The audio clip suggested that Jyoti Gupta never intended to clear the payments.

We hope the cast and crew of Hamari Bahu Silk gets its much deserving remunerations as soon as possible.

Stay tuned to this space for more updates.

( Also read : Humari Bahu Silk actors and crew may resort to SUICIDE if their payments are not cleared: Sources )