: Coronavirus: As Bollywood reels from shutdown, daily-wage workers struggle to even buy food #IndiaNEWS Kuldeep Vishwakarma, a spot boy with a reputed film production company in Mumbai, has been forced

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Coronavirus: As Bollywood reels from shutdown, daily-wage workers struggle to even buy food #IndiaNEWS
Kuldeep Vishwakarma, a spot boy with a reputed film production company in Mumbai, has been forced into a vacation he neither wants nor can afford – and he is fretting. The web series that employed him halted work a few days ago, as did every other streaming show, movie and television series after public safety measures to combat the novel coronavirus were put into place in Mumbai. Instead of buzzing around a movie set and making sure the crew’s every little need is taken care of, Vishwakarma is cooped up in his home. With production suspended by film industry bodies until March 31, Vishwakarma’s savings are slowly vanishing.“I am surviving on whatever I have earned so far, but I can’t manage for much longer,� Vishwakarma told Scroll.in. “If I don’t get work by the end of the month, I will be in deep trouble.� A freelancer who hops from one project to another and gets paid when the day’s work is done, Vishwakarma supports six family members.“I have been working as a spot boy for 10 years, and it’s the only job I have,� he said. “I have never experienced anything like this in all the years I have been working.�No precedent, and no end...Read more

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