Bollywood Strike Over; Talent Prevails

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 3, 2008 6:20 PM CDT
Bollywood Strike Over; Talent Prevails
Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan sided with the strikers.   (AP Photo)

The 2-day-old strike involving almost 150,000 Bollywood film workers has been settled, the BBC reports. Producers agreed to abide by an agreement that limits filming sessions to 12 hours and provides generous compensation and timely payment. "The strike is over and tomorrow we will resume work," the head of the producers' association told AFP. (More India stories.)

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