Pawan and Mahesh surprise everyone

To everybody's surprise, top Tollywood stars Pawan Kalyan and Mahesh Babu, who usually maintain a low profile by staying away from all events in the film industry, turned up for the confidential meeting held on Monday at a star hotel in Madhapur to find a solution to the ongoing strike. Several top stars, directors and producers, including Chiranjeevi, Nagarjuna, Venkatesh, Mahesh Babu, Ram and Jr. NTR attended the meeting. Meanwhile, the meeting ended in chaos after actors blamed directors for the delay in film shoots and refused to accept producers' demands like cut in remuneration, increase in working hours, etc. However, some actors and producers feel the strike was inevitable as there are many long-pending issues in the industry that need to be resolved. In a bid to save the industry from the current crisis, representatives of Film Chamber proposed a committee to look into all the concerned issues. We will form a committee with three directors, stars and producers to form new guidelines on script, budgets and timing. We will try and release movies for now as it is a crucial month for film business. The crew now will have to work overtime to make up for the lost time and we will be back on track, said Vijandar Reddy, member of AP Film Chamber of Commerce.