Veteran actor Mandakini says she was not paid for around 16 to 17 films, adding that some projects were left incomplete or unreleased. She describes how payment issues persist when releases do not happen or when obligations are not finalized.
Both outlets report Mandakini attributing part of the problem to the way contracts and arrangements worked earlier in the industry. She says contracts were “very informal,” with payment timelines and paperwork often handled casually on sets. According to her, the combination of informal agreements and production disruptions made it difficult to clear dues later, even for films she worked on.
The coverage differs mainly in emphasis: one outlet highlights her broader recollections of early industry conditions and the informal rapport between cast and crew, while the other focuses more directly on her claims about unpaid work and the lack of cleared final payments. In both accounts, her central point is that delayed or uncleared payments affected multiple projects, and in some cases the absence of an official release contributed to ongoing payment disputes.
