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Ranveer Singh’s stardom isn’t immunity. He’s put countless people’s livelihood at risk

Hindi cinema is happy to celebrate the scale of its productions, but that scale is built on people whose names never appear in headlines and whose losses rarely become controversy.

The Don 3 controversy is not just about Ranveer Singh, Farhan Akhtar, or whether anyone can take forward a franchise so closely associated with Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. That is the fan-war version of the debate. The more serious question is what happens when a star exits a big film close to shoot—after the rest of the film economy has already arranged itself around him.

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) issued a non-cooperation directive against Singh after Excel Entertainment, run by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, complained about his exit from Don 3. FWICE has said it is not a legal ban, but a directive until the actor appears before the body and the issue is resolved. Singh’s side has said he has chosen to remain silent because professional matters are best handled with dignity and........

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