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It has been over 150 days since the Covid-19 pandemic brought the Malayalam film industry to a grinding halt. While there have been efforts to resume filming since June, there have been few shoots because of restrictions, including limiting the number of personnel to just 50. This has forced many working in the industry to take up jobs they were unfamiliar with, to make ends meet. We talk to a few such cine workers including make-up artiste Roni Vellathooval, who now repairs centering and shuttering equipment, assistant director Sujai Kumar, who now sells idli and dosa batter, production executive Sherin Stanely, who had worked as a driver for a fish company during the lockdown, about the challenges and how they are earning their livelihood now.