The Theater and Film Welfare Association, whose recent survey revealed that 80 per cent of the artists are suffering from mental depression due to their financial distress, has decided to identify 500 artists and give them a financial assistance of Rs 500 per month, for a period of three months.
While giving this information, President of the Theater and Film Welfare Association, Dr. Vipin Agnihotri said that it seems that the coming three months are going to be very tough for the artists, because not only the shooting has stalled, as well as the government department too is not coming forward to help these artists.
Dabir Siddiqui, secretary of the Theater and Film Welfare Association, hopes that the financial support will ease the problem of these artists.