Javed Akhtar slams Shekhar Kapoor: "Mr India wasn't your idea, it wasn't your dream"
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: February 28, 2020 06:32 PM2020-02-28T18:32:12+5:302020-02-28T18:36:21+5:30
The ongoing controversy on the cult film 'Mr India' being remade by director Ali Abbas Zafar seem to has no ...
Javed Akhtar slams Shekhar Kapoor: "Mr India wasn't your idea, it wasn't your dream"
The ongoing controversy on the cult film 'Mr India' being remade by director Ali Abbas Zafar seem to has no end. The announcement of remake of the movie has not really been appreciated by the makers of the original film.
Javed Akhtar who wrote the film with Salim Khan has tweeted to Shekhar Kapoor that, he can’t ignore his work as the writer by solely taking the credit for the film.
Shekhar saheb the story the situations the scenes the characters the dialogue the lyrics even the title none of these were yours .I gave it all to you . Yes you execute it very well but how can your claim on the film be more than mine . It wasn’t you idea . It wasn’t your dream
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 28, 2020
The original film director Shekhar Kapoor said,"The argument on a remake of #MrIndia is not that no one took permission from me or even bothered to tell me. The question is. If you are remaking a feature film, based on a director’s very successful work, does the Director have no creative rights over what he/she created?."
The argument on a remake of #MrIndia is not that no one took permission from me or even bothered to tell me.
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) February 27, 2020
The question is. If you are remaking a feature film, based on a director’s very successful work, does the Director have no creative rights over what he/she created?
This HAS to be the final word on #MrIndia remake. #Sridevi was always against it .. https://t.co/28CkRWB6BH
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) February 24, 2020
Even actor Sonam Kapoor Ahuja had something to say about the remake, she said it was “disrespectful” that the architects of the 1987 blockbuster -- director Kapur and her father, actor Anil Kapoor -- hadn’t been consulted for the remake. Kapur had also expressed his displeasure over the project.
FYI pic.twitter.com/YRmrny8VeW
— Sonam K Ahuja (@sonamakapoor) February 22, 2020
The film, written by Salim Khan and Akhtar, featured Anil Kapoor as Mr India and late Sridevi as a journalist, with veteran actor Amrish Puri playing the iconic villain Mogambo.
