India, April 6 -- The shocking death of Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee on March 29 has shaken the Bengali entertainment industry. The actor, 43, died after drowning while shooting for the Bengali soap Bholebaba Paar Karega. The Bengali entertainment industry, or Tollywood, has now called for an indefinite strike starting from Tuesday (April 7) to demand safety and security measures on the set of films, Television shows and web series.

The official statement from the West Bengal Motion Pictures Artists Forum was shared on Facebook after a meeting that was attended by Prosenjit Chatterjee, Rituparna Sengupta, Shantilal Mukherjee, Swaroop Biswas, along with several directors, producers and channel representatives.

The statement read...