Chetan Bhagat vs Aamir Khan - 3 Idiots Issue
Friday, January 01, 2010
Aamir Khan has stated that Chetan Bhagat, the famous novelist is trying to seek publicity from 3 Idiots, which has turned to be one of the biggest blockbusters of Bollywood. He has even asked the makers to initiate legal action against the author. Chetan Bhagat has stated that 3 Idiots is 70 per cent Five Point Someone, and would have appreciated if he was given credit in a proper way.
At Bollywood Trends, we find out the similarity and differences between 3 Idiots and Five Point Someone. 3 Idiots is just BASED on Five Point Someone, 70 percent of the movie is different. Having said this, Five Point Someone is an excellent book and Chetan Bhagat should have been given credit on the starting reels.
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The controversy over Aamir Khan’s ‘3 Idiots’ dragging the star, the producer and author Chetan Bhagat, whose novel was the basis for the successful film, escalated on with the media caught in an ugly crossfire and was told to “shut up” amid high drama.
An upset Aamir at a press meet in Kolkata and in Noida trained his guns on Bhagat accusing him of being hungry for publicity after the author pointed fingers at the star and the makers of the blockbuster for not giving him due credit.
Aamir accused Bhagat of trying to take away the credit from the film’s scriptwriter Abhijat Joshi, who the star said was working on the script for three years. He also said publicity seeking people were trying to generate a controversy.
In his response, Bhagat called Khan and the film makers producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Director Rajkumar Hirani as “uncivilised people” and rejected allegations that he was hankering for publicity. “They are making a fool of themselves,” he said.
The press meet of the film crew in Noida turned ugly when their reaction was sought on Bhagat’s allegation against them.