Badhaai Ho Writer, Jyoti Kapoor At War With Filmfare: "My Name Was Struck Off From The Nominees' List"
It's not total smooth sailing at Filmfare for the awards scheduled for Saturday. Badhaai Ho writer Jyoti Kapoor is complaining
Jyoti Kapoor, who has credits as a writer on films like last year’s hit comedy Badhaai Ho, is at loggerheads with Filmfare. Her name, she says, has been dropped from the Nomination List. Filmfare Awards are slated to be held on March 23. Jyoti, who has shared the credits along with Shantanu Srivastava and Akshat Ghildial,m was nominated in the Best Story category for Badhaai Ho.
While speaking to Mid-Day, Jyoti has said, “My name was included in the nominees’ list on Wednesday morning, until it magically disappeared. I wrote to [the producers] Priti Shahani [president, Junglee Pictures], and Vineet Jain [MD, Times Group] requesting them to reinstate my name. But clearly, nothing has been done about it.”
However, Priti Shahani says Jyoti’s contract was terminated in 2016 and none of her work was used in the film. "The agreement in the contract mentioned that if we use any part of her story or character, we will give her credit. However, it was never used. We decided to go forward with the story developed by Shantanu and Akshat. They have had the concept since 2012, and had been working independently on the same premise, with [director] Amit [Ravindernath Sharma],” she said.
Added Priti, “If you see the film, the story-credit has been divided between Shantanu and Akshat… She has been credited separately, in good faith. Badhaai Ho has nothing that was developed by Jyoti. It would be unfair to other writers if she wins laurels for what they essentially created.
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While speaking to Mid-Day, Jyoti has said, “My name was included in the nominees’ list on Wednesday morning, until it magically disappeared. I wrote to [the producers] Priti Shahani [president, Junglee Pictures], and Vineet Jain [MD, Times Group] requesting them to reinstate my name. But clearly, nothing has been done about it.”
However, Priti Shahani says Jyoti’s contract was terminated in 2016 and none of her work was used in the film. "The agreement in the contract mentioned that if we use any part of her story or character, we will give her credit. However, it was never used. We decided to go forward with the story developed by Shantanu and Akshat. They have had the concept since 2012, and had been working independently on the same premise, with [director] Amit [Ravindernath Sharma],” she said.
Added Priti, “If you see the film, the story-credit has been divided between Shantanu and Akshat… She has been credited separately, in good faith. Badhaai Ho has nothing that was developed by Jyoti. It would be unfair to other writers if she wins laurels for what they essentially created.
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