The buzz around SCOOP: Police Company shoot halted for 2 hours on Day 1 after FWICE intervention over RGV’s pending dues refuses to die down. From social media chatter to box office projections, everyone in the industry seems to have an opinion — and the latest update only strengthens the conversation.
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Add as a preferred source on Google Ram Gopal Varma's Police Company has started filming, but not without an interruption. the publication has learned that the production was halted for two hours on the first day of shooting on Monday following an intervention by the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) over the filmmaker's previous pending dues.
The shooting resumed only after outstanding dues amounting to Rs. 1 crore to technicians and workers who worked on his Nagarjuna-starrer 2018 Telugu action movie Officer. FWICE has been pursuing the matter with the filmmaker since 2017, yet the dues remained unpaid.
When Varma started shooting for his fresh movie on Monday, representatives of FWICE arrived on the sets, suspended the shoot, and insisted that the long-pending amounts be settled before production could continue,” a source close to the project explained us. FWICE had reached out to the movie's producers, Bhushan Kumar and Parag Sanghvi, soon after Varma disclosed the movie last week., per sources.
The federation issued a formal letter seeking clearance of the filmmaker's outstanding dues to the workers before the start of shooting. The producers had also agreed to a settlement, but the payment had not been processed by Monday, prompting FWICE to intervene on the sets. Following the intervention, the dues were cleared within hours, resolving what had been a nearly decade-long dispute between Varma and FWICE.
The shooting was impacted for only two hours, after which filming proceeded without further delay. Production is now progressing as planned and is expected to be wrapped up by the end of this year. The action thriller features Harshvardhan Rane in the lead part, alongside an ensemble cast featuring Fardeen Khan, Saurabh Shukla, Paresh Rawal and Makarand Deshpande.
As recently disclosed by the publication, Police Company is being made in two parts, with intends to shoot both instalments back-to-back and arrival them a few months apart in 2027. Also Read: special: Ram Gopal Varma’s Police Company to be made in two parts; shooting kicks off today Catch us for latest Bollywood News, fresh Bollywood Movies update, box office numbers, fresh Movies arrival, Bollywood News Hindi, Entertainment News, Bollywood Live News Today & highly anticipated Movies 2026 and stay updated with latest hindi movies only on the publication.
As the story continues to develop, TeraMovies will keep you updated with every new detail. Until then, this remains one of the most closely watched entertainment stories of the week — and the conversation is only getting started.
