Recently,
popular
writer
Kanika
Dhillon
known
for
films
like
Manmarziyaan,
Kedarnath,
Haseen
Dillruba
among
others
took
to
social
media
to
slam
screenwriter
Navjot
Gulati
after
the
latter
passed
sexist
remarks
and
wrote
that
the
key
to
scoring
a
'top
billing
as
screenwriter'
is
to
'marry
into
the
production
house'.
Kanika
tweeted,
"Hi
@Navjotalive
I
am
quite
shocked
by
ur
extremely
SEXIST
-
MYSOGINIST
and
bordering
on
IDIOTIC
comment
Neither
will
I
list
down
my
body
of
work
cos
ur
pea
sized
brain
will
not
be
able
to
process
a
successful
woman
making
it
on
her
own!
U
may
hav
a
brain
freeze!
Have
a
good
day."
Hi
@Navjotalive
I
am
quite
shocked
by
ur
extremely
SEXIST
-
MYSOGINIST
and
bordering
on
IDIOTIC
comment
Neither
will
I
list
down
my
body
of
work
cos
ur
pea
sized
brain
will
not
be
able
to
process
a
successful
woman
making
it
on
her
own!
U
may
hav
a
brain
freeze!
Have
a
good
day
https://t.co/hDDhSlBEpS
She
further
added
in
another
tweet,
"And
mr
@Navjotalive
because
of
writers
like
YOU
-
who
display
their
STUPIDITY
on
something
tht
should
be
Applauded
as
a
welcome
step
by
the
writing
fraternity-
other
very
deserving
writers
do
not
get
top
Billing
as
is
their
right--
shame
on
u!"
And
mr
@Navjotalive
because
of
writers
like
YOU
-
who
display
their
STUPIDITY
on
something
tht
should
be
Applauded
as
a
welcome
step
by
the
writing
fraternity-
other
very
deserving
writers
do
not
get
top
Billing
as
is
their
right—-
shame
on
u!
https://t.co/hDDhSlBEpS
For
the
unversed,
Navjot
Gulati
who
has
penned
films
like
Jai
Mummy
Di
and
Ginny
Weds
Sunny,
had
posted
a
tweet
that
read,
"If
you
want
top
billing
as
a
Screenwriter
in
a
trailer(something
that
should
be
the
norm)You
need
to
marry
into
the
production
house.
Once
the
Writer
becomes
a
family
member,
is
treated
like
an
Actor-Star
#Goals."
His
tweet
came
after
Kanika
got
a
prominent
mention
as
a
writer
in
the
trailer
of
Taapsee
Pannu's
upcoming
murder
mystery
Haseen
Dillruba.
Kanika
recently
tied
Himanshu
Sharma,
a
longtime
creative
partner
of
filmmaker
Aanand
L
Rai,
whose
production
house,
Colour
Yellow
Productions
has
bankrolled
Haseen
Dillruba.
Navjot's
indirect
jibe
didn't
go
down
well
with
Kanika
who
slammed
the
screenwriter
in
a
series
of
tweets.
Now,
Kanika
has
received
support
from
Haseen
Dillruba
actress
Taapsee
Pannu.
Reacting
to
Kanika's
tweets,
the
Thappad
star
wrote,
"A
progressive
call
to
credit
a
writer
turned
into
a
sexist
rant
by
the
age
old
misogyny
of
crediting
a
woman's
success
to
the
house
she
marries
in
or
the
man
she
married.
Your
righteous
call
for
equal
credit
can't
be
overtaken
by
the
bitterness
in
u."
Have
a
look
at
her
tweet.
A
progressive
call
to
credit
a
writer
turned
into
a
sexist
rant
by
the
age
old
misogyny
of
crediting
a
woman’s
success
to
the
house
she
marries
in
or
the
man
she
married.
Your
righteous
call
for
equal
credit
can’t
be
overtaken
by
the
bitterness
in
u.
https://t.co/B7FrdSRakL
Meanwhile,
in
a
chat
with
Indian
Express,
Kanika
opened
up
about
her
heated
Twitter
exchange
with
Navjot
on
Twitter
and
said,
"I
want
to
highlight
it
because
this
is
something
very
nasty
that
has
happened
in
the
public
domain
and
I
won't
let
it
go.
After
being
in
the
industry
for
so
long,
we
have
people
like
him
who
completely
spit
on
your
hard
work.
This
has
to
stop
at
some
point."
She
further
added,
"He
(Navjot)
says
because
I
married
Himanshu,
who's
Aanand
L
Rai's
partner,
this
has
happened.
Himanshu
isn't
aware
and
I
don't
want
him
to
get
into
it.
This
is
my
thing.
Everytime
a
woman
is
more
successful,
people
pick
at
her
personal
equation
with
a
man.
I'm
getting
messages
from
the
industry
supporting
me.
If
he
can
do
this
to
me
who
has
six
films
to
my
credit,
I
just
wonder
what
people
like
him
will
do
to
young
girls
who
are
just
coming
in."
Now,
in
the
latest
turns
of
events,
Navjot
has
explained
his
side
of
the
story,
while
apologising
to
anyone
who
felt
offended
by
his
"sexist"
remark
against
Kanika
in
a
series
of
tweet.
He
clarified
that
his
post
was
more
against
an
online
streaming
platform,
and
added
that
he
has
actually
been
running
a
campaign
demanding
credit
for
the
cast
and
crew
in
film
and
web
series
trailers
on
OTT.
Gulati
further
wrote
that
he
has
been
compelled
to
share
this
long
writeup
to
stop
the
mud-slinging
with
respect
to
this
incident.
Have
a
look
at
his
tweets.
It
has
been
misinterpreted
to
be
about
sexism
and
misogyny.
I
myself
liked
the
trailer
of
Haseena
Dilruba.
And
in
the
past
i've
praised
Manmarziya
Written
by
same
Writer.
pic.twitter.com/5McUVRADmS
Speaking
about
Taapsee's
upcoming
film
Haseen
Dillruba,
the
film
helmed
by
Vinil
Mathew
also
stars
Vikrant
Masey
and
Harshvardhan
Rane
in
pivotal
roles.
The
crime
thriller
is
slated
to
premiere
on
Netflix
on
July
2.