Two TV channels owe me Rs65m, says Noman Ijaz
Discusses payment crises, blackmail in the industry SAMAA | Samaa Life&Style Editors - Posted: Feb 2, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | Samaa Life&Style Editors Posted: Feb 2, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago
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Veteran actor Noman Ijaz has made shocking revelations about the ongoing payment crises in the drama industry.
Ijaz revealed on
Behind The Curtain with Rafay Rashdi how a number of actors have not been paid their dues even after years, including himself. âA channel has yet to pay me Rs40 million, another owes me Rs25 million. Itâs been four years.â
Actor details how artists, producers have to beg for their own money from the broadcasters
In August 2020, filmmaker and host Rafay Rashdi’s online talks how
Behind the Curtain ended up on Amazon Prime for the US and UK audiences. Now, the second season of his show has initiated, and in an episode featuring Nouman Ijaz, we can see how
Take Two will be uncovering the various problems faced by artists in the film and television industry of Pakistan.
In this episode, Ijaz, who has spent decades in the showbiz, can be seen exposing loopholes nobody talks about. Upon being asked whether artists are denied payments so often that they have no option but to name and shame, Ijaz said, “There is no actor or producer in Pakistan who can say their payment is not stuck.”