The re-elections for the Cine and TV Artistes’ Affiliation (CINTAA) had been held on Saturday after mass resignations and a feud amongst members of the movie employees’ physique. After the dispute led to police intervention on Friday, the re-elections noticed Upasana Singh and Sahila Chaddha win probably the most votes. (Additionally Learn: Police scold Poonam Dhillon, Upasana Singh for ugly struggle at movie employees’ physique workplace: ‘Care about your status’)
Upasana Singh will get probably the most CINTAA votes
Upasana obtained 360 votes, whereas Sahila obtained 357. The remainder of the profitable panel contains Vikas Verma with 349 votes, Deepak Parashar with 348, Kunickaa Sadanand with 312, Varsha Usgaonkar Sharma with 306, Nagma Moraji with 290, Nirmai Bali with 266, Arjun with 250, Asmaan Tahlim with 237, Shehzad Khan with 234, Manish Kumar Chaturvedi with 219, Sapan Kumar Bhattacharya with 197, Ramtumar Singh with 184 and Ramakant Borude with 176.
Nagma reacts to being on profitable panel
Nagma took to her Instagram account after the election outcomes had been introduced and wrote, “Admire All of the Members of #CINTAA for bestowing their belief in our Panel and making us #win #Thanks for all of your Help Victory is all yours . #cintaa #elections 2026 artists affiliation.” Movies from the elections additionally present the profitable members celebrating with hugs and flowers, cheering for one another and expressing their happiness on the win.
Police intervention earlier than elections
The movie employees’ physique has been feuding for some time now, with Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure beforehand main them. In August, 11 members, together with 8 elected representatives of the 21-member elected committee, resigned. In a joint letter, the members listed alleged repeated cases of the affiliation shifting away from collective decision-making, session and constitutional governance. Whereas some members insisted that the beforehand elected panel was dissolved with the resignations, others argued in any other case.
Poonam and Padmini approached the court docket for a keep order over the re-relections, however their plea was denied. Only a day earlier than the scheduled elections, allegations had been made about an try to smuggle out official paperwork. Movies present the police intervening and even scolding the members, “I really feel dangerous for speaking like this. We don’t discuss like this to even individuals from the slums.” In addition they add, “Care about your status not less than, individuals are watching. You might be hung up in your allegations and never listening to us. Doosra koi rehta tha, thappad hello maarte the. (We might’ve slapped if it had been another person). We’re providing you with respect, however there’s a restrict to it.”
Each side claimed that they had been solely attempting to safeguard member info when the police had been referred to as to the CINTAA workplace.