A 36-year-old lightman died of a cardiac arrest at ND Studio in Karjat on Wednesday. Munib Ansari has been shooting for Kabir Khan&rsquo;s 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' for some time now.
<img title="Salman Khan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/dec/13-Salman-Khan.jpg" alt="Salman Khan" /> Salman Khan&nbsp;stars in 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan'
Gangeshwar Srivastav, general secretary of Film Studio Setting and Allied Mazdoor Union expressed his grief. &ldquo;Ansari was in the hotel room when he suffered a heart attack. It was a morning shift and some of our members were present there Ansari suffered a massive attack and died on the spot.&rdquo;
<img title="Kabir Khan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/2014/dec/13-Kabir-Khan.jpg" alt="Kabir Khan" /> Director Kabir Khan
Ansari lived with his cousin in Mumbai. &ldquo;His dead body has been sent to his native place and producers have taken care of it. The union expects death compensation of Rs 7 lakh as he had been working as lightman for nearly 13 years.&rdquo; adds Srivastav.
The Federation of Western India Cine Employees has already been working a project that will take care of medical issues of workers. Saddened by Ansari&rsquo;s death, general secretary of FWICE, Dilip Pithva said that one does not know what kind of pressure and stress the worker is going through when he comes to work. &ldquo;We are working towards holding regular health check up or workers. A request letter has been sent to TV producers to donate Rs 10,000 each that will go towards health care of workers. One hopes they cooperate with us.&rdquo;
Kabir has taken care of expenses and when contacted, the director said, &ldquo;It is sad that he suffered a heart attack. He was with me for my other project 'Phantom' as well.&rdquo;

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