CINTAA Re-Election: Upasana Singh and Sahila Chaddha Win Most Votes

The Cine and TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) re-elections were held on Saturday after mass resignations and a feud among members of the film workers’ body. The dispute led to police officers intervention on Friday.

August Members Including Elected Representatives

In August, 11 members, including 8 elected representatives of the 21-member elected committee, resigned. In a joint letter, the members listed alleged repeated instances of the association moving away from collective decision-making, consultation and constitutional governance.

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Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure previously led the film workers’ body before the feud escalated.

Just Day Before Scheduled Elections

Just a day before the scheduled elections, allegations were made about an attempt to smuggle out official documents. Videos show the police officers officers intervening and scolding the members, “I feel bad for talking like this. We don’t talk like this to even people from the slums.”.

The re-elections saw Upasana Singh and Sahila Chaddha win the most votes. The rest of the winning panel includes Vikas Verma with 349 votes, Deepak Parashar with 348, Kunickaa Sadanand with 312, Varsha Usgaonkar Sharma with 306, Nagma Moraji with 290, Nirmai Bali with 266, Arjun with 250, Asmaan Tahlim with 237, Shehzad Khan with 234, Manish Kumar Chaturvedi with 219, Sapan Kumar Bhattacharya with 197, Ramtumar Singh with 184 and Ramakant Borude with 176.

Nagma took to her Instagram account after the election results were announced and wrote, “Appreciate All the Members of #CINTAA for bestowing their trust in our Panel and making us #win #Thank you for all your Support Victory is all yours . #cintaa #elections 2026 artists association.”.

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