The blind item below speaks about an author’s troubles with Bollywood. All authors before making any deal with Bollywood people should have their rules and requests agreed to in writing, not just in speaking. If you notice the trend in Bollywood, they either steal credit or give little credit. The case of the blind item is that the author is not happy with the little credit that the director and producer gave him when they used his book to make a film. The film has been well-appreciated by the audience and naturally, the author is even more pissed that no one seems to know that he wrote the story of this film.

It’s really smart of him to go out all by himself and promote the film’s story. It’s what he did and he ain’t no young person, but still he realised how important it was to get out there and promote himself. What he went through to get that story of this film is quite something. But still, any author should be careful when selling the rights of their books to Bollywood people. We think the problem is, they get too excited and just sign about anything as long as they are getting the money and the fame that these Bollywood people promise them.

Don’t be stupid, be wise. It’s not easy to write a book, so they should be careful when dealing with these people. Also, while researching for these guesses, we came across this article where the author himself said that he suggested the actress’ name to play the lead in this film. It’s a little strange, but maybe that is true. If it’s not, perhaps he wanted to get the credit since everyone is saying she did a pretty good job in the film.

Check out the blind item from PinkVilla below.

Bollywood Blind Item

Author gets upset with director for not crediting him ‘enough’ in the movie adaptation of his book

It is human tendency to be sensitive about the work you have created. It is a matter of pride when your work is accepted, praised and appreciated. Especially for writers, whether it is a book or a film. Authors always look forward to the their credits. And when a book is being adapted into a movie, credit is all that matters.

Same is the case with this celebrated author. His book was adapted into a movie, which has received immense critical acclaim and commercial success on its release. Naturally, the team on the whole is very happy with the response that the movie has received. But apparently, despite the movie doing well, the author, on whose book this movie is based, isn’t smiling. Instead, he is upset that he hasn’t got ‘enough credit’ to his name and all the limelight is being taken away by the director of the movie.

The author has expressed his displeasure to the director and the producer of the film, who had signed a contract with him while acquiring the rights of the movie. Back then, they had promised him all that he asked for – his book’s name on the movie’s poster, his name in the credits, interviews with the media etc etc. While most of the things were adhered too, the author was unhappy that no media interviews were done with him. Also, he is upset that his name has been mentioned only once in the credit list of the movie. And while the author was promised interviews with the media, since none of them happened, he on his own went ahead and spoke to a few media houses. This apparently didn’t go down well with the producers and the director.

Instead of being apologetic about the whole mess with the author, we hear, that the director and the producer both are miffed with him for taking matters in his own hands, in terms of the publicity. The equation between the two has gone for a toss to a level that the author, who has a new book launch scheduled this month, had invited the director for the same. However, the director has excused herself from the appearance by saying, ‘I can’t make it as I have some other commitment’.

OSOP Guesses

Author: Harinder Sikka

Book: Calling Sehmat

Director: Meghna Gulzar