Have Taken Javed Akhtar's Old Songs In 'PM Narendra Modi': Producer Sandip Ssingh On Credit Row
A day after Javed Akhtar expressed shock over the mention of his name in the credits of 'PM Narendra Modi' trailer, producer Sandip Ssingh clarified that the team has used an old song penned by the ve
A
day
after
Javed
Akhtar
expressed
shock
over
the
mention
of
his
name
in
the
credits
of
'PM
Narendra
Modi'
trailer,
producer
Sandip
Ssingh
clarified
that
the
team
has
used
an
old
song
penned
by
the
veteran
lyricist
in
the
film.
The
74-year-old
writer's
name
was
mentioned
in
the
credits
alongside
lyricists
Prasoon
Joshi,
Sameer,
Abhendra
Kumar
Upadhyay,
Sardaraa,Parry
G
and
Lavraj.
Sandip
said
they
have
incorporated
Akhtar's
song
Ishwar
Allah
from
1947:
Earth
in
the
biopic
on
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi.
"We
have
taken
the
songs
'Ishwar
Allah'
from
the
film
'1947:Earth'
and
the
song
'Suno
Gaur
Se
Duniya
Walon'
from
the
film
'Dus'
in
our
film,
thus
we
have
given
the
due
credits
to
respective
lyricists
Javed
Sahab
and
Sameer
Ji.
@TSeries
is
our
Music
partner," the
producer
posted
on
Twitter
Saturday.
On
Friday,
Akhtar
had
tweeted,
"(I)
am
shocked
to
find
my
name
on
the
poster
of
this
film.
Have
not
written
any
songs
for
it."
His
post
was
retweeted
by
his
wife,
veteran
actor
Shabana
Azmi,
and
son
Farhan
Akhtar.
PM
Narendra
Modi,
directed
by
Omung
Kumar
and
featuring
Vivek
Oberoi
in
the
lead,
releases
on
April
5.
The
film
also
stars
Boman
Irani,
Manoj
Joshi,
Zarina
Wahab
and
Prashant
Narayanan.