Actress Shilpa Shinde reacted to fellow actor Shehzada Dhami's claims of ₹30-lakh unpaid dues, calling producers "white-collar mafias". Slamming artists' associations for not backing their artist, Shilpa said, "The producers in the TV industry operate like mafia." She added, "Producers who refuse to support them are threatened...We artists can't do the same because... payments often get withheld."