Police scold Poonam Dhillon, Upasana Singh for ugly fight at film workers' body office: ‘Care about your reputation’

Police intervened in a heated dispute between prominent Indian actors at the CINTAA office in Mumbai regarding alleged document tampering. Officers scolded the celebrities for their unprofessional behavior and public spectacle, urging them to maintain their reputation.
Why it matters
The incident highlights internal governance struggles within the Indian film industry's representative body and the public nature of celebrity conflicts.
A fight broke out at the Cine and TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) office in Mumbai between actors, videos of which began circulating on Friday. Poonam Dhillon, Padmini Kolhapure, Upasana Singh, Kunickaa Sadanand and others could be seen in the videos. Police had to intervene, even scolding the actors as they fought among themselves.Video shows ugly fight at film bodyAfter Kunickaa recently alleged that official CINTAA paperwork and files were shifted to Poonam’s vehicle and taken away, a video shows some members confronting Padmini about it. Even as they ask her if she’s admitting to taking the papers, she asks them to show the letter declaring the committee dissolved. The police can be seen trying to tell them all that they’re third parties in the matter and that everyone is the same to them. But Padmini says that their ‘data was stolen’.
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