14 Bengali directors move HC seeking right to work

Fourteen directors of the Bengali film industry have filed writ petitions before the Calcutta high court alleging that conditions imposed by an umbrella body of cine technicians have affected their fundamental right to work guaranteed by the Constitution, people aware of the matter said.

- Tanmay Chatterjee

The directors include prominent figures like Parambrata Chatterjee, Anirban Bhattacharya, Sudeshna Roy, Indranil Roychowdhury and Subrata Sen. They moved the high court in phases since last week, days after Bidula Bhattacharya, an independent director, submitted the first