PM Narendra Modi's Producer, Sandip Ssingh, clarifies credit to Javed Akhtar



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Javed Akhtar is said to be "shocked to find his name" in the credits of the movie "PM Narendra Modi & # 39; (File)

New Delhi:

The producer of the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought today Javed Akhtar, the lyricist and poet who refuses to write songs for the film. Sandip Ssingh, one of the producers of the film, said that he was using two old songs written by Mr. Akhtar and the lyricist Sameer. The songs used are " Ishwar Allah & # 39; from the movie & # 39; 1947: Earth & # 39; and & # 39; by Suno Gaur at Duniya Waalon & # 39; of "19459007" Dus Ssingh said on Twitter.

"Thus, we granted the credits due to the respective lyricists Javed Sahab and Sameer Ji ," Ssingh said in a tweet. 19659005] We took over the songs' Ishwar Allah & # 39; from the movie & # 39; 1947: Earth & # 39; and the song 'Suno Gaur Se Duniya Walon & # 39; from the movie & # 39; Dus & # 39; in our film. So we gave the credits due to the respective authors Javed Sahab and Sameer Ji. @TSeries is our musical partner. @ ModiTheFilm2019

– Sandip Ssingh (@sandip_Ssingh) 23 March 2019

M. Akhtar had said Friday that he was "shocked to find his name" in the film credits "" Prime Minister Narendra Modi . He shared a screen shot of the movie's trailer, which earned him one of the film's lyricists, along with the chairman of the censorship committee, Prasoon Joshi, of the Sameer lyricist and others.

I am shocked to find my name on the movie poster. I did not write songs for that! pic.twitter.com/tIeg2vMpVG

– Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) Mar 22, 2019

"I did not write songs for that!" he said on Twitter. The tweet had recorded up to 24,000 likes and more than 8,000 retweets, his wife Shabana Azmi and his son Farhan Akhtar having also retweeted the post.

The post has elicited many different reactions on Twitter, some expressing their support for the Lyrician poet and telling them he should plea in defamation against the filmmakers, while others have suggested that the credited lyricist could be a Javed Akhtar different.

Activist and lawyer Prashant Bhushan supported Javed Akhtar and described the credit as "defamatory".

The trailer of "19459007" Prime Minister Narendra Modi was launched in a multiplex in Mumbai by the film crew and the team of shooting. The film's release is scheduled for April 5th.

Vivek Oberoi plays the role of prime minister, with veteran biopic director Omung Kumar at the helm of the film. He had already realized " Mary Kom " and " Sarbjit ".

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