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“Javed Akhtar’s name added intentionally”

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Published on March 30, 2019 with No Comments

“Javed Akhtar’s old songs were used”

After Javed Akhtar expressed shock over the mention of his name in the credits of PM Narendra Modi trailer, producer Sandip Singh has clarified that the team has used an old song penned by the veteran lyricist in the film. The 74-year-old writer’s name was mentioned in the credits alongside lyricists Prasoon Joshi, Sameer, Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay, Sardaraa,Parry G and Lavraj. Sandip said they have incorporated Akhtar’s song Ishwar Allah from 1947:Earth in the biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.“We have taken the songs ‘Ishwar Allah’ from the film ‘1947:Earth’ and the song ‘Suno Gaur Se Duniya Walon’ from the film ‘Dus’ in our film, thus we have given the due credits to respective lyricists Javed Sahab and Sameer Ji. @TSeries is our Music partner,” the producer posted on Twitter.

Earlier, Javed Akhtar had tweeted, “I am shocked to find my name on the poster of this film. Have not written any songs for it.”

PM Narendra Modi, directed by Omung Kumar and featuring Vivek Oberoi in the lead, releases on April 5. The film also stars Boman Irani, Manoj Joshi, Zarina Wahab and Prashant Narayanan.

Actor Shabana Azmi feels makers of a biopic based on PM Narendra Modi, intentionally added her husband, lyricist Javed Akhtar’s name, to the film’s credits. “It is quite clear this was done with intentions to mislead public into believing Javed Akhtar has written the songs, when the song ‘Ishwar allah tere jahan mein’ is from Deepa Mehta’s film ‘1947 Earth’,” she tweeted. Earlier, Akhtar also took to Twitter, to express shock at seeing his name in the credits in the film’s trailer.

 

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