My Modeling Agency Threatened To Send Gangsters After Me… | Shivani Bafna
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2020
- I’m feeling extremely nervous to share this story with all of you, because these are three months I never want to repeat. It’s taken me 10+ hours to film, to edit, to compile all the receipts, and I’m not gonna lie, I don’t know if this video will have any future implications for me.
But after Diet Sabya ousted TFM last week and seeing HOW many models were and still are in the same boat, I know how important sharing my experience with this unethical modeling agency is. I hope this continues the conversation regarding transparency and honesty within the industry!
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0:27 - Introduction
1:31 - My Background
2:15 - How The Industry Works
3:58 - Why I Wanted To Join An Agency
4:22 - My First Impression of TFM
5:15 - Asking My Booking Agents For My Payment
6:47 - Asking The Owner For My Payment
7:27 - Confirming That Clients Have Paid TFM
8:02 - Voice Number #1 To Owner
9:10 - More Excuses
10:15 - Voice Note #2 To Owner
11:30 - More Excuses
13:36 - Whistleblowing On TFM
14:53 - Owner Is Angry
15:44 - Owner & Employees LIE
17:26 - My Booking Agent Is Threatened
18:22 - THE REAL DRAMA BEGINS
19:17 - My Parents' Reaction
19:55 - The Aftermath
21:00 - Learning Lessons
The fact that she actually broke it up for us😭😭😭
Woahhh soo niceeee
A question why come to indian modelling when u were raised in usa and could have literally done modelling there .
Which is superior to bollywood or indian modelling.
Just curious to know
Please provide me the no or address of man who is threatening you
@@debojitmandal8670 Because your growing up she always wanted to work in Indian Industry.
An important story to tell about how a lot of agencies function in Mumbai. You are extremely brave Shivani! More power to you!
Thank you so much!
tried&Refused Productions please make some video content on this, similar stories,
I am great fan of your works, i watch regular.
Ab yeh nalla NeonMan kahan h. Sirf carryminati and Ashish chalchalani ki chaat ta h.
Tried&Refused Production please share these stories also in your channel.
You both need to collab at some point love you both ❤️❤️
Who else stuck right from the start till the end?
Awww thank you!!!!
@Shivani Bafna ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
ME!! Atleast everyone should got their own self. I learnt so much from this
Me
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After 23 minutes of long story I feel relaxed to know she got those 5 lacs 😌
Me tooo
Sharmistha thanks for giving the spoiler.
@@chiranjivbhardwaj9023 🤣🙈sorry 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@chiranjivbhardwaj9023 you shouldn't start reading comments before watching the video 🤣 first you had to listen to 23minutes of narration patiently, then should've liked and then comment or start reading comments 😝 ap chronology samajhiye 🤣
@@chiranjivbhardwaj9023 why tf are you reading the comments if u dont want spoilers
Each time a woman stands up for herself without knowing it possibly without claiming it, she stands up for all women ✨ #ThankYouShivani #MorePowerToYou ❤️
Love this msg!
Man, I’m not a model but a freelance editor and this is so relatable. There’s a huge issue in this country with not respecting artists or creative professionals. It’s almost like we don’t have bills to pay and anything “creative” is easy to do. I really hope there’s a mindset change sometime soon especially with regards to payments. More power to you for putting out the truth :)
Great that you took a firm stand, You did not just take a stand for yourself but gave courage to thousand other people who will get the motivation to go against the grain when needed... 👍
Thank you for being so honest and true to what happened. That must have been so scary, and you are so brave for talking about this. I love your content so much and can't wait to see all that you do in your future!!
I am not a model nor have I ever been a model and the fact that Shivani risked her entire modeling career to let us know what is going on with some modeling agency’s. Thank you so much for letting us know and we’re so proud of you for telling us this. Much luv. ❤️❤️❤️
HI Shivani...
I cannot tell you how relatable this story is for me.
I have had the same exact experience so many times with so many agencies in Mumbai that its not even funny...
I actually once had a booker ask my friend " why do you need the money? is there some emergency"!!! (in my mind I was like.. err mmm why do does anyone need money they have worked for WOMAN)!!!
It is beyond frustrating to deal with these people but I am so proud of you for dealing with them head-on...
Kudos to you :)
Reply to such people is “ I don’t need money I deserve money for the work I do”
your boyfriend left you too. maybe the problem is with you
Hey shruti need to talk with u
Thank you so much for sharing, Shruti!! Extremely frustrating!
In a world where everyone just tries to let go of the negatives and focus on the positives, you show how important it is to not just highlight the positive in our lives but mention about negatives too and learn from those hard times. You’re as raw as a human being can be and that’s the reason I love you! No pretences and no show of a life that’s perfect because truly nothing is perfect. I just really appreciate your existence, you’re one of the most beautiful human beings on the face of this earth!♥️♥️♥️
You are truly a role model, the way you just don’t show the highlighted reel of your life and share all your ups and downs and problems, and not create the false illusion of how celebs have a perfect life is insane! So so so glad that I found your page & yt channel!!!
This is incredibly Brave of You to speak out! People with power feel as if they can manipulate and exploit anyone and it's so important to speak against them!
It takes courage to speak on this topic. 💯💯
Thank you so much!
I love the way you acted on the whole situation! You go girl!
Kudos to you for actually speaking up about this!
I’m a model myself, and I haven’t received payments since over a year,
And its the most frustrating thing in the world to keep asking for your hard earned money!
Most of us just don’t do anything about it because were scared of the consequences.
But watching this has made me want to fight back and ask for my money!
Thankyou for sharing this!❤️
It takes courage to talk about and we can definitely say that you are a very strong women❤💯
Appreciate that!
@@shivanibafna2183 ❤😍
Keep being this resilient and honest always. World needs more people like you.
More power to you Shivani. You did the right thing by calling out TFM and their management. Not paying for work done as per contract is unethical, unprofessional and illegal. Way too many people cheat others without any guilt or remorse. People need to speak up. Glad to know your issue got resolved albeit after going through all that. Hope others in a similar situation will derive courage from your experience. Cheers!
I am an entrepreneur and i own a startup and have Rs. 2,500/- pending from a client since 2 months and it is pissing me off, after watching this video i oddly feel comforted. 😂😂
keep poking them till they give back your money.
I love how genuine of a person you are and share all the aspects of your life. Be it positive or negative. That's what's makes you different from other youtubers. And i m proud that i follow you ever since your proposal video went viral. It takes immense guts to talk about such things and i respect and adore you for that fact. Lets go shivani didi
Love u 😘
Thank you so much
Once again on the episode of: why the hell is this in my recommendation.
But, I ended up listening till the end. More power to you, Shivani. I run a small business in a different niche, and I get such stories from my new employees who tell me that their previous employer denied them their dues. It's so disheartening and sad to imagine what a person would have to go through if they are denied the money that they worked their ass off for. I mean how can just someone not pay you for what you've delivered already. Happy for you that it all worked out in the end. Cheers! 🎉
So proud of you having the courage to speak up about your experience - its going to really inspire and help other ppl to speak out! Sending you so much love
Wow. Proud of you for standing up for yourself! Clearly your persistence has gotten you so far in life! Inspired :)
It takes a lot of courage to share your story. I'm so glad you did this shivani I've been following you since last few months and I never imagined that I would ever see a video like this on your channel. I was angry when I heard your story but at last I was so proud seeing that you didn't back down, stood up for yourself and finally got what you deserved. On behalf of all the other girls out there who suffer like this and not speak up, I would like to thank you for sharing your story. I hope this will give courage to many others in the same situation.
Lot's of love and power to you girl ❤️ Thank you!
Appreciate you for saying this!
Thanks for being so brave and sharing not only this story, but you entire journey in Mumbai! You paved the path for so many other aspiring models!
You are so strong !! Motivational and inspirational, fighting for your rights while still being calm! Thank you so much for taking a stand and putting the truth out here ❤ and tell us the not gloomy reality of your journey. Love you lots and keep going girl ❣
Almost everyone at least once in their lives comes across such injustice and most of them consider it as their responsibility to make other people aware and ensure that the same thing does not repeat itself..but not everyone expresses themselves in such a calm and composed manner!! No aggression No abuse ...just perfectly to the point and so accurately explanatory. Great job !!! You are an example for all those who don't take stand for themselves in such situations. Amazing!!!
P.S love to see u and Shyam together..keep posting more videos❤❤
earned respect of everyone by showing the darker side of the industry. I hope every girl must have guts to show and tell the truth.
You’re honesty one of the most relatable and authentic content creators I have come across. Love watching your content across all the different social media’s. Thank you for sharing your story!
Ahhh! Thank you!
Props to you for standing your ground against that agency and always keeping it respectful. I know if I was in your situation I would just "take the L" so to speak and chalk it up as a loss because I would be too afraid of confrontation even though I was right. This video and your overall confidence and positivity inspires me and I'm sure many others to not take that route and instead to fight for what we deserve. ❤️❤️❤️
Hi, totally agree with you. There are these kind of people everywhere... Great job and more power to you!!!
you’re so brave for talking about this!
Thank you girl!
First of all thank you so much for coming up front. You have great patience & guts. I can't imagine how last months would be for you. It must be very stressful, frustrating. Congratulations for not backing down & staying on feet like a warrior. Your persistency, being strong against these pathetic people & positive attitude is commendable. You have open our eyes about not only fashion industry but also entertainment industry. These kind of things happen in every other industry. But thanks for opening up. In saalo ko jail.me daalna chahiye.
We have to be alert before signing contract & also fight for your own hard earned money if they default on it.
OH MY GOD SHIVANI! This was so amazing! And honestly reallyyy interesting! I usually keep skipping parts of long RUclips videos but I was soo invested in this video that I just sat back and listened to you😂❤️ You are such a strong independent woman and I LOVE that. You have become a role model in my life! It's very difficult to share experiences like this with the world and what you're doing is incredible! Keep being real and honest!! Love you❤️🥰 ( Love to shyam and your as well❤️ I watch the proposal almost everyy day!😆)
salute to ur fighting spirit and calmness u shown while getting payment. everybody should raise his/her voice against the wrong action.
Good to hear that finally your even against odd stood up but sometime ppl dont get justice and we need to understand from this experience that sometime helping for the good cause really makes great difference ..
More power to you Girl
So proud of u!!!
But SHAME on those agencies, that treat models this way.
Amazing to hear your story’s and experience!!! Hats off to your strength and people whom you are dealing with !! Great bounce back ! Good luck ! Love you Mam ❤️❤️
I have been working as a blogger since almost a decade now and I can so relate to your story. This literally happens all the time! I work with different influencer management agencies and according to their clauses, the payments get cleared after 90 days from the date of the campaigns.
Sometimes, the amount is as small as INR 5,000 so it feels odd to bother someone again & again for a payment as small as that. And it also gets really difficult to keep track of the payments.
For 9 out of 10 projects, the payments are delayed. You have to follow up with the agencies again and again, and they always make stupid excuses. This wastes so much of your time & energy! More than half of the times, their representatives wouldn’t pick up your calls, respond to your messages or acknowledge your emails. And if they do, they make it sound like a favour.
In my case, I don’t really mind a slight delay but I atleast expect the agency reps to keep me updated and give me a solid deadline as to when the payments will be cleared.
Many a times, I have had my lawyer send out legal notices to these agencies. Only then have they cleared my payments. This wastes so much of your time and energy! And you also have to bare your lawyer’s fee.
I’m talking about big companies like Times Of India, who have failed to make my payments for more than a year before I finally had a legal notice sent out.
And the worst part, as you said, is that your relationship with the agency goes down the drain, and you don’t get any further projects from them. Because apparently, you are the ‘trouble maker’ for them. And they can afford to do that, because they have A LOT of options. But you don’t.
Kudos to you for being so brave and not backing out! Ofcourse, you have worked hard and it’s your hard-earned, well-deserved money, but after a while it’s not about money anymore. It’s about giving it back to them, and letting them know that it’s I’m not okay to do this, and that they can’t just run away with someone’s money, and out their hard work down the drain.
Really proud of you Shivani and more power and success to you! I hope you have a better experience next time and will continue voicing your opinions whenever needed.
You spoke so well... And the "gundas" part 😂... Not seen you in an angry mood.. Best wishes 💫
Haha thank you!
My GODDDD! I watched the whole video. It’s honestly mind BLOWING. I learnt so much from this. WE GOTTA SPEAK UP FOR WHAT WE DESERVE!! Amazing Shivani!! Thanks for this
I'm just so proud of you. You are strong and this is what Is needed. We all should fight for the right always
Lots of love❤️
Good for you, for standing up. The agency and sometimes even the brands situation in this industry is so messed up. People need to be vocal about this as much as possible.
I face this at least 2-3 times every year myself, as an influencer. (Never worked with this particular agency, but speaking of others).
I have been called derogatory stuff, massive insults thrown my way for asking for payments due by agencies. Sometimes even after 10-12 months of reminding, no response. Finally they stop taking your calls entirely
Some agencies treat artistes, influencers with zero respect and assume that they will stop bothering after a few threats. (Most people do give up).
Wow... prachi nice to see you here😊
WOAH more power to you. Love the way you explained everything from scratch and in such an organised way. Love you ❤
OMG!!! Shivani I'm so proud of you , the way you dealt with the situation is truly inspiring...and thank you so much for sharing this story, because these things about the industry no one tells ...so thanks for sharing the harsh reality :)
You are such an inspiration and a reall role model❣️❣️ There is something really special about you that makes me just want to keep watching you which also gives me a reason to be thisss CONFIDENT!! You deserve all the happiness and love ❤️ Not everyone has the ability to stand up and talk about a topic that is not talked about a lot these days and again you just keep proving yourself as a very strong human being!! Lots of love 💕 I wish we can meet someday! Love from Canada💕
Omg this is a huge learning for all of us. Thank you for doing this. You are so brave. Lots of love!!! ❤❤
OMG ..Thank you so much for sharing all this and showing all your followers the reality ❤️ You are so brave to talk about this topic as noone ever share topics like these. I'm so glad that i'am one of your follower!
You are really doing a great great work Shivani di. Keep growing 💯
Omg this must have been so scary!! More power to you to speak up against these bastards!
Every girl needs to be inspire from you n be confident like you
You go girl 🙌🏻😍❤️
You are the best Shivani! I love how you never fake stuff on camera.. you are 100% real on and off camera. Thank you for showing how things work behind the scenes, I've learnt a lot from your channel. I'm so glad that I found it. Keep up the amazing work! You are a wonderful human being! Lots of love to you 💕💕💕
Also we need to see the blog from Michigan that you had mentioned on your Instagram stories!!♥️
Shivani you are truly amazing! More power to you girl! It’s so sad that such agencies sit on money like this and make their models suffer. Good you took the legal route.
Oh my god I just love you. It really takes much courage to speak about this. Thankyou for speaking. All my best wishes for you. Keep growing, cutie 😘
I have worked as a casting director in agencies in the past and it was hell. Payments never come. Either the client is playing around or it's the agency. Being an actor/ model and casting director most of your energy is spent on getting the payments out and over time you start to develop a hatred for your job which was once what you loved doing. You know that certain things aren't right and you are forced to play around like you are doing or being done a favor because if you don't do it, you might not get work anymore. I really can't count the amount of money that I still have to get paid over the years.
Please models, either have a contract or have the payment written on message. 3 to 4 months should be the max time for commercials. There are amazing and talented people in the industry but there is a big number that will go down any lane to make more money. Do your job and stick to your ethics, rest should be fine. If you can't stand up and are very vulnerable like I was, you are in for a very bumpy ride.
I feel like you’ve talked a LOT. And boy ! Am I glad you did. I hung onto every single syllable like my life depended on it. I’m glad you got it off your chest. And I’m glad this video will be available for aspirants who aren’t sure if their entire career is going to go up in flames if they ask for the money they’ve earned and is rightfully theirs !
And threatening to send goons after a woman you know isn’t on her homeground, who you know isn’t from the “industry”, who you know is “nice” as this Rishu lady clearly alluded she knows about you - is just so infuriating in the current Indian climate. I’m so grateful that you called the bluff, even though you had to be extra careful with location tags (sigh, the world we live in). More power to you, and kudos to mommy Bafna for not just being a badass but raising a daughter who has a spine of steel ♥️so much love coming your way !
Love how calm you were throughout; often the anxiety gets the better of people in such situations giving the opposition something to use against you; so glad that did not happen here!!!
So proud of you for standing up and raising your voice against it!!!!
The most surreal thing about this video is how you have recorded the entire video with a smile on your face. Courage.
Oh my god . It's not a pleasant experience . I hope no one has to go through that .
U handled the situation perfectly shivani , their bad.
So so proud of you Shivani. You're such a role model for all the young girls out there determined to get past all the odds and chase their dreams. You're truly an embodiment of a beautifully strong human being inside out. Love you! ❤
U r indeed a very very brave person.. ❤️ it takes real guts to take a stand for oneself and raise voice against the wrong peoples.
you go girl.. the payment issue is one of the biggest demotivating factor of the industry and it is prevalent throught all departments of the entertainment industry.. it is high time the payment issue is resolved.. contracts usually mean shit here because they know people wont go to court normally
Absolutely love you, Shivani! Go girl! First time sitting for a long storytime video without forwarding haha
Sorry you had to go through that. But, it was amazing how you took a stand and din back off. More power to you ❤
You did an amazing job out there and I’m so proud of you for not leaving it in between and getting everything cleared no matter what!
Lots of love to you!!❤️❤️
You're soooo brave!! It takes a lot to speak up about something like this. I'm so proud of you ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Keep inspiring! ♥️
Glad you did this. It takes a lot of guts and strength. Sending love to you and your family. 💚
Hi Shivani, it takes balls to be a whistleblower. Thank you for sharing your story. I'm in a very different industry, but the manner in which an institution handles dissent or whistleblowers is very telling. Laughing off potential threats is the way to go. Ive found that the way to win is to not regard norms, so your whistleblower approach has shock value.
And the next thing is to plan and prepare for consequences, go big and go massive on the first attack strategy and to keep making moves when they can't keep up. Chances are they have not had much practice thinking on their feet so counterintuitively they tend to be quite taken aback..
Wow!! Great job. I really loved your attitude of Persuing it no matter how you did it. I randomly came across your profile and I am like "WOW". You got guts and this is what will take you where you really want to go! So happy that you received your full payment. 🤗
Daaamn gurl, brave is a tiny word to describe you in this whole shebang. Props to you Shivani👏🏽
You go girl !! Power to you .. i loved that you didn't back down . Proud of you girl❤. Love ya 🌹
So much power to you shivani ! ❤❤ so proud of you for taking a stand for yourself and not backing off with all those threats! 💫 much much love 💌💌
You are amazing Shivani Bafna... the way you were polite and brave all along encourages me so much..I hope you never face such kind of situation again and I hope that if there is any other model who went through the same, speaks up too ..💕💕
Thank you 💛
This is everywhere in entertainment industry and this should stop....this craziness and exploitation has gone for way too long
This needs to be heard by everyone in the modeling industry!
19:20 My life is so entertaning ROFLMAO ♥♥♥ We need more people like you on this earth staying positive even after loss of cores
OH MY GODDDDD, I am literally going through the exact same situation in India. And my payment is still pending and they blocked my contact. It's so frustrating as well. I literally feel so helpless. And I can actually feel each and every second of this video because I am going through the same thing here and I will also be leaving India very soon. I am so happy for you that at least you received your whole payment in the end. Thank you for making this video. ❤❤❤❤
Well am following uh from the beginning ... I felt so happy you fought for yourself as you were managing all by yourself in that city from Rikshawala to Agencies people's . You lived ur dream and fought for ur money till the last day in India. More power to You Shivani Bafna ♥️♥️
This was a very insightful and inspiration video! Thank you!❤
This is soooouu impactful! I mean its-- more power to you always!❤
That's really great you took the stand. I am so proud you did that. Like seriously how can people be like that. U worked and u deserve to be paid on time. Gangster thing was so cheap thing to say. How can do that to people who worked for them. I am happy u finally got paid for your work. U did the best thing making this videos. As always love u Shivani❤️
Omg girl, you are so brave wow!!! Amazing job being so brave. I was so worried for you listening to this story, legit terrified. I'm glad you got through it, but people need to really be more honest in business. And I just can't trust these ppl in India, way too corrupt. I would never want to get in this type of work due to this very reason, people are liars and corrupt af. You're a ray of light through all of that though!
Take care!!! Great role model for all girls! I'm glad you're safe!
Great job Shivani...we really need more girls lyk u👍👍...it takes a alot of courage to speak up..hats off👍👍🙏🙏..
P.S. pls post on social media immediately if u gt any threats after this video... Take care and lots of love❤️❤️❤️
The best video of 2020, thank you for sharing this ❣️
You;re a gem to look at and listen to. 💜 so happy for you that you got your hard earned money. Stay on top gurl you're literally killing it.
Wow! This is so heart wrenching because I wanna be a model too! Damn! But it's also so heart warming for us to see you take a stand and to inspire all aspiring models to take a stand! Thank you so much for this. More power to you always 😍🙏❤️ lots and lots of love and light ❤️✨💖🥰❤️
Means ...you also face the same like Shivani had faced ... i heard similar stories but i thought it was fabricated something but i never imagine these agencies people are so shameless ...how can somebody is so shameless that after repeating so many time he/she didnt give the money on time .... it is so pathetic & disturb the person mentally...anyways ...Best of luck to Deal with these Pathetic People .
wow shivani! it really requires a lot of guts to speak about this! by sharing ur story you've inspired soo many other people to stand up for themselves!! and I must say u handled this situation very wisely. more power to you shivanil! u are so strong, wishing u lots of happiness and success!
Such a raw video,loved it shivani. Thank you for making us aware about it
AHHH SHIVANI YOU’RE AMAZING!!!!
omg i was listening to her like she is someone close to me going through financial issue. I just could not skip the video. her way of presenting, speaking and experssion wow... i love you
she is an year younger than me and still so much more confident than me. love to see her .
What resilience!! Amazing job😊
More power to you. I really got stuck to this video. Soo much to learn from you.... Shine always... 🌠🌠❤
Well done Ms bafna.. i just somehow happen to see a couple of ur vlogs and then saw this one.. i am also from d same field of work and hv also lived in nyc in between in d entertainment industry.. so can relate to ur journey..but their was a much simpler & correct way of handling this situation.. wish i had known u..would hv guided u thrgh it smoothly.. Its just d lack of people's knowledge that others take advantage of.. so if u need to understand d process better ..do feel free to connect.. Would b too long to post it here..
All d best for ur future.. 🙂
OMG this would be so frustrating god. So sorry you had to go through that
You are really very strong girl..Stay the same💜 You are truely an inspiration🌟
You are literally the motivation for all the girls/womens out there.
More power to you! :)
You are so pure Shivani. I hope you keep growing because you are an inspiration to many! MORE POWER TO YOU GIRL. 🙌 No stopping for you!💜