Writers should be paid more, they are the most important aspect of making movies

Actor-producer Aamir Khan believes that the Hindi film industry must pay more for screenwriters, who play a fundamental role in the production process. Aamir attended the grand finale of Cinestaan ​​India's storytelling storytelling contest in 2018 and said such competitions could attract more talent. He was joined Monday by writers Juhi Chaturvedi and Anjum Rajabali.

"I felt really happy when I learned that Anjum (Rajabali) was very keen on organizing the scriptwriting competition because India is a huge country." people who want to tell different stories, but they do not have the opportunity, so it's a good platform where people can send their stories ", the PK the actor said.

"The film industry also needs competitions like this, just as we need new writers with different perspectives, so when Anjum invited me, Juhi (Chaturvedi) and Rajuji (Hirani). Actor said.

The remuneration of writers has always been a topic of discussion in the film industry.

When asked if writers needed to be paid enough to tell good stories, Aamir said, "This scriptwriting competition is an effort to encourage people to write and we should not stop here. film industry as producers, we should pay a lot more to writers. "

"I choose my film based on storylines, so I think writers are the most important aspect of making a movie because a story is the origin of the film. When a writer writes a good script, we all join in. In this sense, a writer is in fact the fundamental person of this whole process. "

Aamir said that he was trying to create a revenue model for industry writers, working with writers and producers.

"There is no doubt that a film is a filmmaker's medium because it becomes the narrator of the story." It's a team work in which actors and directors technicians also participate in. But the writer is a person behind the story, so I feel a writer should get a revered position and the monetary compensation for a writer should definitely be higher in l & # 39; industry.

"On this issue, we have discussed a lot and we are trying to create a revenue model for that as well."

As part of Cinestaan ​​India's Storytellers Scripting Contest, launched by Cinestaan ​​Digital Pvt Ltd, the winners received cash prizes valued at 50 Rs lakh.

When he was awarded the first prize, Aamir said, "Without a good script, there is never a good movie, there are many good and deserving writers in our country, but not all of them have good platform or the opportunity to present their works talent.This platform aims precisely to achieve this goal.

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