New Delhi, May 27 -- On Monday, the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE), a Mumbai-based group of cinema workers' unions, issued a "non-cooperation directive" against actor Ranveer Singh, appealing to producers and filmmakers of Hindi films to refuse to work with the Dhurandhar star. The directive was the result of a failed mediation attempt between Singh and production house Excel Entertainment after the actor walked out of the film Don 3, allegedly at the last minute. What is FWICE and why are they involved? Mint explains.

The Federation of Western India Cine Employees is a grouping of over 30 unions of film industry workers, including the Indian Film & Television Director's Association, the Screenwriters Guild of India a...