Form 29

(see rule 82)

Agreement between Producer and Audio-visual worker

This agreement is made on this day ............ month ................year.......... between Messers................... having office at

........................ (hereinafter referred to as the ―Producer) on the

first part and Shri/Smt/Kum ................................. son/daughter/wife of Shri ..................

residing at .................. (hereinafter referred to as the ―audio-visual worker) on the second part. The terms

‗Producer‘ and ‗audio-visual worker‘ shall include their heirs, successors, administrators and legal

representatives:

Now, therefore this agreement is made as follows:

That both the parties agree that the duration of this agreement shall be from the date hereof till the

completion of the audio-visual and this period shall not exceed consecutive months.

That the audio-visual worker agrees to attend studio, location or work place, as the case may be, subject to

the requirement of his previous engagement and on his confirmation, to his respective job punctually as and

when he shall be required by a written intimation by the Producer or the person duly authorised by him in

writing.

That inconsideration of the audio-visual worker services, as aforesaid, the Producer agrees to pay and the

audiovisual worker agrees to receive a sum of Rs. ...............................(Rupees ........................) payable as advance on

signing of this agreement and the balance of Rs. .........................payable in ......................... equal installments.

That in the event of the audio-visual production being not complete within the stipulated period and the

Producer still needing the services of the audio-visual worker to complete the audio-visual production, the

producer agrees to pay and the audio-visual worker agrees to receive additional remuneration on pro-rata

basis, payable in the same manner as stated in Clause 3 above, till the completion of the production.

That in case the assignment of the audio-visual worker is completed earlier than the period stipulated in

Clauses 1 and 4 above, the producer shall settle the account of the audio-visual worker and pay the remaining

balance of the agreement amount in full before the commencement of re-recording work/censor of the

production, whichever is earlier.

That the audio-visual worker shall, if so required,

attend the studios, location or work-place, as the case may be, earlier than the a scheduled time of the shift,

for preparatory work, and in that case, he/she shall be paid by the Producer extra wages at the rate of Rs.

......per hour or part thereof for such early attendance.

continue to work beyond the working day, with one hour break and in that case, he/she shall be paid by the

Producer extra wages at the rate of Rs................. for the work during the extended hours and refreshments, and

transport facilities.

That the Producer shall provide transport and food or pay traveling allowances to and fro to report to duty

and food allowance while on duty as are customary or fixed by bilateral arrangements between the

Producer‘s and audio-visual worker‘s representative organizations.

That the Producer shall also pay for all travelling and accommodation expenses, fares, cost of food and such

other allowances as are customary when the audio-visual worker is required to work on location outdoors.

That the Producer shall get the audio-visual worker insured for any injury or damage to his/her person

including death caused by accident arising out of or in the course of his/her employment and/or during the

period of his/her assignment under this agreement.

That where the Producer is prevented from proceeding with the production of the audio-visual by reason of fire,

riot, natural calamity, order of the public authority or any other reason beyond his control :-

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he shall be entitled to suspend the operation of this agreement during the period of suspension of production

in case the production is suspended. The producer shall serve notice in writing of such suspension on the

audio-visual worker and shall pay all his/her dues up to the date of service of such notice. Upon resumption

of work on the film, this agreement shall revive and shall remain valid for the period stipulated in Clause I

excluding the period of suspension there‍from ; or

he shall be entitled to terminate this agreement as from the cessation of production, in case the production

ceases completely. The producer shall serve a notice in writing of such cessation on the audio-visual worker

and make payment of all the amount due to the audio-visual worker at the time of termination.

That in case if the Producer desires to terminate this agreement before the expiry of its term for reasons

other than misconduct in relation to performance of the audio-visual worker‘s duties or of his/her

unwillingness to perform the services required under this agreement, the producer shall be entitled to do so

only upon payment of the balance of the stipulated amount of the agreement. Only after such payment to the

audio-visual worker, the Producer shall be titled to employ another audio-visual worker in his/her place.

That the Producer shall have the right to terminate this agreement on ground of misconduct on the part of the

audio-visual worker in relation to performance of his/her duties or his/her unwillingness to perform the

service required under the agreement, upon payment to the audio-visual worker of the amount due at the

time of termination, calculated taking into consideration the audio-visual worker‘s total work in the audio-

visual and the work he/she has completed till the date of termination of this agreement. Termination under

this clause shall not be made unless the charges of the Producer against the audio-visual worker are proved

before a forum comprising equal number of representatives of the Producers‘ Organisation and the audio-

visual worker‘s Organisation to which the Producer and the audio-visual worker respectively may belong.

The decision of the forum shall be binding on both the parties. The producer can engage another audio-visual

worker for the job towards this agreement only after the forum has given a decision in favour of such

termination and the audio-visual worker has been paid all his dues.

That in case of premature termination of this agreement, it shall be the option of the Producer whether or not

to retain the work of the audio-visual worker in the audio-visual and at the same time, it shall be option of the

audiovisual worker whether or not to allow his/her name to go on the credit titles of the film.

That the Producer shall have the right to decide the manner of representing the audio-visual worker‘s

personality on the screen, his/her clothes, make-up and hair-style and the audio-visual worker shall fully and

willingly comply with the direction of the Producer in this regard, provided that the requirements of the

Producer in this respect have been notified to the audio-visual worker and accepted by him/her.

That the audio-visual worker agrees that he/she shall render his/her services to the best of his/her ability in

such manner as the Producer or, at his instance, the Director of the audio-visual may direct and shall comply

with all reasonable instructions that he may give for the production of the film.

17.That the Producer shall also pay for all traveling and accommodation expenses, fares, cost of food and such

other allowances as are customary when the audio-visual worker is required to work on location outdoors.

That the Producer shall get the audio-visual worker insured for any injury or damage to his/her person

including death caused by accident arising out of or in the course of his/her employment and/or during the

period of his/her assignment under this agreement.

That where the Producer is prevented from proceeding with the production of the audio-visual by reason of

fire, riot, natural calamity, order of the public authority or any other reason beyond his control :-

he shall be entitled to suspend the operation of this agreement during the period of suspension of production

in case the production is suspended. The producer shall serve notice in writing of such suspension on the

audiovisual worker and shall pay all his/her dues up to the date of service of such notice. Upon resumption of

work on the film, this agreement shall revive and shall remain valid for the period stipulated in Clause I

excluding the period of suspension there from ; or

he shall be entitled to terminate this agreement as form the cessation of production, in case the production

ceases completely. The producer shall serve a notice in writing of such cessation on the audio-visual worker

and make payment of all the amount due to the audio-visual worker at the time of termination.

That in case if the Producer desires to terminate this agreement before the expiry of its term for reasons

other than misconduct in relation to performance of the audio-visual worker‘s duties or of his/her

unwillingness to perform the services required under this agreement the producer shall be entitled to do so

only upon payment of the balance of the stipulated amount of the agreement. Only after such payment to the

audio-visual worker, the Producer shall been titled to employ another audio-visual worker in his/her place.

That the Producer shall have the right to terminate this agreement on ground of misconduct on the part of the

audio-visual worker in relation to performance of his/her duties or his/her unwillingness to perform the

service required under the agreement, upon payment to the audio-visual worker of the amount due at the

time of termination, calculated taking into consideration the audio-visual worker‘s total work in the audio-

visual and the work he/she has completed till the date of termination of this agreement. Termination under

this clause shall not be made unless the charges of the Producer against the audio-visual worker are provide

before a forum comprising equal number of representatives of the Producers‘ Organisation and the audio-

visual worker‘s Organisation to which the Producer and the audio-visual worker respectively may belong.

The decision of the forum shall be binding on both the parties. The producer can engage another audio-visual

worker for the job towards this agreement only after the forum has given a decision in favor of such

termination and the audio-visual worker has been paid all his dues.

That in case of premature termination of this agreement, it shall be the option of the Producer whether or not

to retain the work of the audio-visual worker in the audio-visual and at the same time, it shall be option of the

audiovisual workers whether or not to allow his/her name to go on the credit titles of the film.

That the Producer shall have the right to decide the manner of representing the audio-visual worker‘s

personality on the screen, his/her clothes, make-up and hair-style and the audio-visual worker shall fully and

willingly comply with the direction of the Producer in this regard, provided that the requirements of the

Producer in this respect have been notified to the audio-visual worker and accepted by him/her.

That the audio-visual worker agrees that he/she shall render his/her services to the best of his/her ability in

such manner as the Producer or, at his instance, the Director of the audio-visual may direct and shall comply

with all reasonable instructions that he may give for the production of the film.

That the audio-visual worker shall comply with all the regulations of the studio, location or work place as the

case may be.

That the Producer shall not without the consent in writing of the audio-visual worker, assign or transfer the

benefit of this agreement to any other person.

That the provisions of the Employees‘ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 shall be

applicable to this agreement.

That the Producer shall not utilise the work of the audio-visual worker in any film, other than the audio-visual

under this agreement, without prior permission of the audio-visual worker.

The parties have put their hands to this agreement on the date, month and year said above in the presence of

each other and in the presence of the witnesses.

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Witness Producer

Name Address

Witness audio-visual worker

Name Address