Overview

• The strike has entered its eighth day, bringing all Tollywood film shoots to a complete halt and causing estimated losses of ₹1.5 crore per day.
• Producer T. G. Vishwa Prasad served court notices on the federation’s president, general secretary and treasurer, escalating the conflict into the courts.
• The Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce has barred studios and producers from negotiating directly with the striking union and insists all talks go through its collective channels.
• Megastar Chiranjeevi formally denied claims that he met federation members or assured them of a 30% wage increase, calling such reports baseless.
• The Telugu Film Industry Employees Federation says it will march from its office to the Film Chamber on August 10 if wage discussions under the labour commissioner make no headway.