Javed Akhar is pretty miffed with the producers of PM Narendra Modi for using his name in the credits on the film's poster when he hadn't even worked on the remake version.
Javed
Akhar
is
pretty
miffed
with
the
producers
of
PM
Narendra
Modi
for
using
his
name
in
the
credits
on
the
film's
poster
when
he
hadn't
even
worked
on
the
remake
version.
"Nowadays,
it
has
become
a
frequent
practice
that
people
buy
rights
of
a
song
from
an
old
film.
They
re-record
it
and
use
it.
This
is
not
fair," said
Javed
Akhtar,
while
talking
to
media
agency.
He
further
added,
"They
gave
my
name
in
the
poster
as
the
songwriter
of
this
film.
I
was
never
the
songwriter
of
this
picture.
Why
give
my
name
on
the
poster?
If
you
want
to
thank
or
honour
me,
tell
me
why
did
you
deprive
A
R
Rahman
(composer)
from
it?
It
is
against
the
practice
and
tradition,
there
has
to
be
basic
honesty.
They
had
no
business
to
pretend
that
I
am
the
songwriter
of
the
film."
When
asked
if
he
would
like
to
take
the
matter
ahead,
Akhtar
said,
"I
have
made
my
point." Javed
Akhtar
was
talking
on
the
sidelines
of
the
annual
event
held
of
the
Indian
Performing
Right
Society
(IPRS),
a
recognised
copyright
royalty
collection
body.