Varun Grover Alleges Writers Get Exploited In Bollywood; Says ‘It’s Happening With Gulzar, Javed Akhtar, Irshad Kamil’

Bollywood writer-turned-filmmaker Varun Grover shared that his ‘writer’ friend was exploited by the ‘messiah director’. He stated that his friend was not paid the amount of money that should be paid to a writer as per the laws set by the Screenwriters’ Association. Varun further alleged that filmmakers do not mention the names of writers in the albums or give their due credits in film posters.  He also asserted that popular YouTube channels use the songs written by Gulzar, Javed Akhtar and Irshad Kamil but do not give them credit. 

In an interview with Jist, Varun said “A friend of mine recently worked with a very big filmmaker. This filmmaker doesn’t make very commercial films, but he does middle-of-the-road cinema, has been working for over 30 years, and is seen as a ‘messiah’ by his fans. An entire generation of filmmakers has been inspired by this person. My friend was supposed to write the dialogues, but he was told that he needs to write the dialogues and the screenplay both.”