'Mr India was not your idea. I gave it to you', Javed Akhtar and Shekhar Kapur argue over film ownership
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Mumbai, February 28: Bollywood's most controversial and famous veteran lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar is again in trends with a brand new debate, this time unpolitical, for a change! Not commenting on any other political person or CAA, the writer has today questioned director Shekhar Kapoor for his claims over 'Mr. India', the superhero film.
The announcement that Mr. India will be rebooted in the form of a trilogy, to be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, did not go down well with the makers of the original. The incident took place when Tiger Zinda Hai director announced that he is going to write and the direct Mr. India trilogy being produced by Zee Studios. Soon after he tweeted the news spread all over like fire. Some netizens asked Mr. India director Shekhar Kapoor about his reaction on the spin - off, to which Kapoor revealed that he was equally 'amazed' about Mr. India 2.
The argument on a remake of #MrIndia is not that no one took permission from me or even bothered to tell me.
— Shekhar Kapur (@shekharkapur) February 27, 2020
The question is. If you are remaking a feature film, based on a director’s very successful work, does the Director have no creative rights over what he/she created?
Replying to the announcement, he wrote, “No one has even asked me or mentioned to me about this film called Mr. India 2. I can only guess that they are using the title to get a big weekend. For they cannot use the characters or story without permission from the original creators of the film.”
Shekhar saheb the story the situations the scenes the characters the dialogue the lyrics even the title none of these were yours .I gave it all to you . Yes you execute it very well but how can your claim on the film be more than mine . It wasn’t you idea . It wasn’t your dream
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) February 28, 2020
To this, Akhtar replied that he had contributed immensely to the making of the film, the credit of which doesn’t completely belong to Kapur. The announcement had also irked actress Sonam Kapoor who argued that nobody bothered to ask her father, Anil Kapoor, who starred in the original. The film, written by Salim Khan and Akhtar, featured Anil Kapoor as Mr. India and late Sridevi as a journalist, with veteran actor Amrish Puri playing the iconic villain Mogambo.