Shabana Azmi On PM Modi Biopic Credit Row: Javed Akhtar's Name Was Mentioned To Mislead Public
Veteran actor Shabana Azmi said the makers of the upcoming film PM Narendra Modi deliberately added her husband, lyricist Javed Akhtar's,in the credits to mislead the audience.
Veteran
actor
Shabana
Azmi
said
the
makers
of
the
upcoming
film
PM
Narendra
Modi
deliberately
added
her
husband,
lyricist
Javed
Akhtar's,
in
the
credits
to
mislead
the
audience.
The
74-year-old
writer's
name
was
mentioned
in
the
credits
of
the
film's
trailer
alongside
lyricists
Prasoon
Joshi,
Sameer,
Abhendra
Kumar
Upadhyay,
Sardaraa,
Parry
G
and
Lavraj.
"It
is
quite
clear
this
was
done
with
deliberate
intentions
to
mislead
public
into
believing
that
@Javedakhtarjadu
has
written
the
songs
for
Mr
PM
Narendra
Modi
when
the
song
'Ishwar
Allah
tere
jahaN
mein' is
from
@IamDeepaMehta
film
'1947:Earth',"
Azmi
posted
on
Twitter.
On
Friday,
Akhtar
had
expressed
shock
over
his
name
being
mentioned
in
credits
of
the
film.
"(I)
am
shocked
to
find
my
name
on
the
poster
of
this
film.
Have
not
written
any
songs
for
it,"
he
had
written
on
the
microblogging
site.
Producer
of
the
film,
Sandip
Ssingh
had
clarified
that
the
team
had
used
an
old
song
penned
by
the
veteran
lyricist
in
the
film
and
hence
decided
to
give
him
the
credit.
"Javed
sahab
is
a
senior
writer
in
our
country.
We
have
grown
up
listening
to
his
songs.
We
have
used
one
of
his
old
songs
'Ishwar
Allah' from
'1947:Earth'
and
gave
him
credit.
T-series
is
our
music
partner.
"I
did
not
get
any
call
from
him
and
so
I
also
did
not
call
him.
He
spoke
about
it
on
Twitter,
so
even
I
replied
there.
But
he
could
have
called
us,"
Ssingh
had
told
PTI.
The
trailer
of
the
Omung
Kumar-directed
film,
featuring
Vivek
Oberoi
in
the
lead,
released
on
March
20.
The
film,
which
also
features
Boman
Irani,
Manoj
Joshi,
Zarina
Wahab
and
Prashant
Narayanan,
releases
on
April
5.