Was the time chosen for the strike a deliberate attempt to coincide with the IPL matches?
No I don’t think so. The differences were brewing for a long time. Couple of meetings ended in an impasse. But finally reason prevailed. How much are the losses for the film industry because of the strike? We’re hit very badly. We’ve lost between Rs.200 and 300 crore. But it was finally for the good. Now we’ve to bring in more efficiency for the system to make up for the losses. Last night Aamir Khan called me and we discussed the problems that the film industry has to face. Everyone is now willing to work together. What about Aamir and Shah Rukh Khan as the glamour faces of the strike? There was big crisis in the film industry in 1986 and all the stars were involved. Earlier, people like Guru Dutt, Raj Kapoor, Dev Anand and Manoj Kumar were actively involved in all industry crises. But Aamir and Shah Rukh were not part of the core community during the just-concluded crisis. I’m sure that after the strike everyone realises that personal interests have to be separated from the industry’
