Aamir Khan and the entire team of 3 Idiots wont be able get out of this situation by placing their hands on their hearts and saying “All is Well” this time around !
Chetan Bhagat,the author of five point someone which has been made into the movie 3 Idiots is claiming that the team of 3 Idiots has not given him credit for what is rightfully his.Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra have not acknowledged Chetan Bhagat despite the overwhelming success at the Box Office.
Chetan Bhagat showed his disappointment through his blogs and has told the world that the characters and the plots were mirrored from his book.The author was startled when he did not receive an opening credit and his name was placed along side the junior artists.
At a press conference,the cold war that had been going took everyone’s attention when producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra lost his cool and retaliated saying that the film resembles the story to the extent of only 2 to 5 percent.Not only did Vidhu Vinod Chopra showed his anger publicly but Rajkumar Hirani, the director of 3 Idiots,could not control his temper. Aamir Khan tried to calm both down but all in vain.The star was asked whether he would like justify Chetan Bhagat’s anger,he commented that he hasn’t read the book as yet !
In an interview with a channel,Chetan Bhagat rubbished the statements made by the 3 Idiots team that the story is 2 to 5 percent copied while in reality more than 70 percent of his book has been imbibed in the movie.The author further added that Aamir shouldn’t involve himself in the whole issue because his presence in it will make it look like a publicity stunt .He advised Aamir not to give his opinion in the matter since he has not read the book.
When asked whether the author was given the script and invited to the premier,he replies that he was called for the premier 10 days before the release but was never given the script to read,He was told by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani to be friends with him and that they have great respect for writers.He sated the example of films made in Hollywood that are adapted from a book,namely Harry Potter and twilight.The writers of the original stories are given their due credit and this matter would be huge if something like this happened there.The whole issue has hurt not only him but his millions of fans who have read the book.
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