Anjum
Rajabali
Blames
Zero
Script
"If
you're
asking
me,
there
was
a
problem
with
the
script
(of
'Zero').
Himanshu
(Sharma,
the
writer)
is
a
very
talented
person
but
things
go
wrong
sometimes.
"I
don't
think
he
said
no
to
'Saare
Jahan
Se
Achcha'
because
of
the
space
(angle).
I
think
he's
also
pretty
shaken
up,
he
was
banking
a
lot
on
that," Anjum
said
while
moderating
a
panel
discussion
'Screenwriters:
The
Creative
Force
Powering
Indian
Cinema's
New
Surge'.
Anjum
On
Saare
Jahan
Se
Achcha
Anjum
said
asking
question
about
Saare
Jahan
Se
Achha
was
‘dukhti
rag
pe
haath
rakhna'
(hitting
a
raw
nerve)
but
made
an
observation
about
how
often
makers
blame
everything
else
but
the
script
when
a
film
fails.
"This
whole
practice
and
culture
of
postmortem,
of
analysing
what
went
wrong
hasn't
really
caught
on.
What
happens
then
is,
there
are
knee-jerk
reactions
rather
than
responses
even
from
the
makers,"
he
said.
Anjum
Maintained
That
Zero
Went
Wrong
Owing
To
Its
Script
"Oh,
it
(the
failure)
could
be
because
of
the
space
and
hence
we
put
two
into
two
together.
Oh
it's
because
the
time
wasn't
right,
nobody
wants
to
see
a
star
in
a
disabled
person's
role.' It
could
also
well
be
that
there
was
a
problem
with
the
DNA
of
the
script."
Anjum
Concluded
That
Writers
Should
Be
More
Involved
Anjum,
who
has
penned
films
like
Ghulam,
The
Legend
of
Bhagat
Singh
and
Raajneeti,
said
a
writer
should
also
be
involved
in
this
‘honest
introspection
to
be
able
to
determine
where
did
things
go
wrong.'
"Most
of
the
times,
when
a
film
doesn't
connect
in
spite
of
the
fact
that
the
idea
was
good,
director
was
talented
and
the
stars
were
attractive,
it's
because
the
script
has
gone
wrong.
That's
where
we
need
to
be
investing
in."