Prod house seeks legal basis for artists’ forum demand
Times of India | 26 April 2026
Kolkata: Just a week after shooting of ‘Kone Dekha Alo' (KDA) — produced by Organinc Studios, of which Leena Gangopadhyay was part of the board of directors — resumed, a letter has been sent to all office-bearers of the Artists' Forum asking under what legal or statutory authority it imposed conditions on the board composition of a private limited company. The letter followed the Forum's demand for Gangopadhyay's removal from Organinc's board within seven days, failing which it could reconsider participation in the shooting. The seven-day deadline elapsed on Friday, with the fate of ‘KDA' now hanging in balance.
On Friday, Organinc director Arka Ganguly wrote to Forum president Ranjit Mallick, working president Prosenjit Chatterjee, general secretary Shantilal Mukherjee and 21 executive committee members, including Rituparna Sengupta, Saswata Chatterjee, Abir Chatterjee, Bidipta Chakraborty, Debdut Ghosh and Diganta Bagchi. A Forum member confirmed to TOI the receipt of the letter. "It was agreed that Gangopadhyay would be designated as a non-executive director of Organinc. However, the Forum's current demands have escalated. It wants her to be completely removed from the business, despite no such demands being made by KDA actors. The letter asks why the Forum has allegedly made criminal intimidation to KDA actors if they adhered to the call time when the ‘ban' was imposed. When all 38 KDA actors have formally declared that they felt no security threat or had grievances against Organinc, and have made no demand for any resignation, under what authority did the Forum impose such a ban?" said a source with Organinc.
Clarification has been sought on whether any internal vote or consultation took place on April 4 before the ban was announced on April 7, along with the relevant rule, meeting notice, quorum details, resolutions, attendance record, minutes and a certified copy of the constitution. A point-by-point reply has been sought within seven days.