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Javed Akhtar's tweet about Prime Minister Narendra Modi garnered more than 26,000 ad mentions and more than 9,000 retweets (File)
Narendra Modi's biography producer , named after him, was the subject of controversy. which began after the authors of the film credited the authors, Javed Akhtar and Sameer, for writing the songs of the film. Producer Sandip Ssingh suggested that Mr. Akhtar could have called the filmmaker or actor Vivek Oberoi, who plays the main character of the film, and personally resolved the dispute. The prominent 74-year-old poet and lyricist on Friday expressed his dismay on social media after seeing his name alongside other paroliers in the film, including the chairman of the censorship board, Prasoon Joshi.
Songwriter Sameer, known for writing thousands of songs in a career spanning several decades, also expressed his shock on the move on Twitter. In a tweet in Hindi, the lyricist wrote that he was "surprised" to see his name appear among the lyricists of the film. "I have never written a song for such a film," he said in the tweet.
Mr. Ssingh had already made it on Twitter to give an explanation, claiming that the filmmakers of the film had used songs written by the lyricists of two old movies.The songs used were "1945 Ishwar Allah " from the movie " 1947: Earth ] '(Written by Javed Akhtar) and' from Suno Gaur's Duniya Waalon 'from' Dus '(written by Sameer), according to Mr. Ssingh
"So we granted the credits due to the respective lyricists Javed Sahab and Sameer Ji ," Ssingh told a tweet.
We have took the songs "Ishwar Allah" from the movie "1947: Earth" and the song "Suno Gaur Se Duniya Walon" from the movie "Dus" in our film, so we gave credit to the respective lyricists Javed Sahab and Sameer Ji. 1945 9011] @TSeries is our musical partner. @ ModiTheFilm2019
– Sandip Ssingh (@sandip_Ssingh) March 23, 2019
"Javed Sahab is a veteran writer of our country, and we grew up listening to his songs. We used one of his old songs "1945 Ishwar Allah " from 1947: Earth and we badigned him a credit " Ssingh said, quoted by the PTI news agency.
"I did not get any calls from him, so I did not call him in. He talked about it on Twitter, so I even said it over there." could have called us, "he said.
I am shocked to find my name on the poster of this movie. I did not write songs for that! pic.twitter.com/tIeg2vMpVG
– Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) 22 March 2019
The tweet has gained up to 26,000 likes and over 9,000 retweets, with his wife Shabana, his wife and his son Far Akhtar also retweeting the message.
The message elicited many different reactions on Twitter, some expressing their support for the poet lyricist and saying that he should plea in defamation against filmmakers, while others suggested that the credited lyricist might be a other. Javed Akhtar.
Activist and lawyer Prashant Bhushan supported Javed Akhtar and described the credit as "defamatory".
The trailer of " PM Narendra Modi " was launched on a multiplex in Mumbai by the film's casting and the team.
The film has Vivek Oberoi playing the role of prime minister and also presents Boman Irani, Manoj Joshi, Zarina Wahab and Prashant Narayanan.
The film should be released on April 5th.
(With PTI's Contributions)
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