law: Cine Workers and Cinema Theatre Workers (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1981 
  2. Definitions: 
  In this Act, unless the context otherwise
  
  requires,-
  (a) "cinema theatre" means a place
  
  which is licensed under Part III of the Cinematograph Act, 1952, or under any
  
  other law for the time being in force in a State for the exhibition of a
  
  cinematograph film;
  (b) "cinematograph film" has the
  
  same meaning as in the Cinematograph Act, 1952;
  (c) "cine-worker" means an
  
  individual-
  (i) who is employed,
  
  directly or through any contractor or other person, in or in connection with
  
  the production of a feature film to work as an artiste (including actor,
  
  musician or dancer) or to do any work, skilled, unskilled, manual, supervisory,
  
  technical, artistic or otherwise; and
  (ii) whose
  
  remuneration with respect to such employment in or in connecting with the
  
  production of such feature film does not exceed, where such remuneration is by
  
  way of monthly wages, a sum of one thousand six hundred rupees per month, and
  
  where such remuneration is by way of a lump sum, a sum of fifteen thousand
  
  rupees;
  (d) "competent authority" means any
  
  authority authorized by the Central Government by notification in the Official
  
  Gazette to perform all or any of the functions of the competent authority under
  
  this Act;
  (e) "contractor" means a person who
  
  furnishes or undertakes to furnish cine-workers for being employed in or in
  
  connection with the production of a feature film, and includes a sub-contractor
  
  or agent;
  (f) "feature film" means a full
  
  length cinematograph film produced wholly or partly in India with a format and
  
  a story woven around a number of characters where the plot is revealed mainly
  
  through dialogues and not wholly through narration, animation or cartoon
  
  depiction, and does not include an advertisement film;
  (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by
  
  rules made under this Act;
  (h) "producer", in relation to a
  
  feature film, means the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the
  
  making of such film (including the raising of finances and engaging
  
  cine-workers for the making of such film) are under-taken;
  (i) "production", in relation to a
  
  feature film, includes any of the activities in respect of the making thereof;
  (j) "Tribunal" means a Cine-workers
  
  Tribunal constituted under section 7;
  (k) "wages" means all emoluments
  
  which are payable to a worker in accordance with the terms of the contract of
  
  employment in cash, but does not include-
  (i) the cash value of
  
  any food concession;
  (ii) any dearness
  
  allowance (that is to say, all cash payments, by whatever name called, paid to
  
  a worker on account of a rise in the cost of living or on account of his being
  
  required to work in a place other than the place where he is normally
  
  residing), house rent allowance, overtime allowance, bonus, commission or any
  
  other similar allowance payable to the worker in respect of his employment or
  
  of work done in such employment;
  (iii) any contribution
  
  paid or payable by the employer to any pension fund or provident fund or for
  
  the benefit of the worker under any law for the time being in force;
  (iv) any gratuity
  
  payable on the termination of his contract.