India, May 26 -- The Hindi film industry was stunned on Monday as the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) issued a non-cooperation directive against actor Ranveer Singh, asking their members to boycott his projects, effectively banning him from Bollywood. The move came amid Ranveer's ongoing feud with actor-producer Farhan Akhtar over their film, Don 3.

Later on Monday evening, FWICE President Ashoke Pandit held a press conference to explain the rationale behind the move. He said that FWICE acted after Farhan filed a complaint alleging Ranveer walked out of the film days before the shoot was to begin, and that Ranveer ignored their notices.

"As soon as the complaint reached us, we formally registered it. Subsequently, we ...