Vidhu Vinod Chopra “Drove Me Shut To Suicide,” Claims Author Chetan Bhagat

New Delhi:

Producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra “bullied” and “drove him near suicide,” author Chetan Bhagat has claimed in a tweet directed at critic Anupama Chopra, who’s married to Vidhu Vinod Chopra. Mr Bhagat’s e book 5 Level Somebody was the idea for 2009 blockbuster three Idiots, starring actors Aamir Khan, R Madhavan and Sharman Joshi because the titular “idiots.” The movie was produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra who, Mr Bhagat claimed on the time of launch, had been unfair to him over writing credit for the movie. On Tuesday, he revisited this grievance in an change with Anupama Chopra who commented on a tweet from Mr Bhagat asking movie critics to not “write garbage” about actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s last film.

In his responding tweet to Ms Chopra, Chetan Bhagat accused her of standing by as her husband allegedly “drove (Chetan Bhagat) near suicide.” Mr Bhagat tweeted: “Ma’am, when your husband publicly bullied me, shamelessly collected greatest story awards, tried denying me credit score for my story and drove me near suicide, and also you simply watched, the place was your discourse?”

Ma’am, when your husband publicly bullied me, shamelessly collected all the perfect story awards, tried denying me credit score for my story and drove me near suicide, and also you simply watched, the place was your discourse? https://t.co/CeVDT2oq47

— Chetan Bhagat (@chetan_bhagat) July 21, 2020

Chetan Bhagat’s unique tweet is aimed toward these he calls “snob and elitist critics.” Dil Bechara, starring Sushant Singh Rajput, releases this Friday. “Write sensibly. Do not act overs mart. Do not write garbage. Be honest and smart. Do not attempt your soiled methods. You’ve ruined sufficient lives. Now cease. We’ll be watching,” Mr Bhagat tweeted, feeding a social media narrative that has blamed critics Rajeev Masand and Anupama Chopra for being unkind concerning the actor’s movies of their opinions. Mr Masand, additionally accused on-line of getting been behind a number of ‘blind gadgets’ on the actor, spoke to the police on Tuesday as a part of the investigation into Sushant Singh Rajput’s dying, allegedly by suicide.

“Every time you suppose the discourse cannot get decrease, it does,” Anupama Chopra commented on Chetan Bhagat’s tweet, prompting the response.

Every time you suppose the discourse cannot get decrease, it does! https://t.co/yhkBUd8VSQ

— Anupama Chopra (@anupamachopra) July 21, 2020

Trending, Chetan Bhagat wrote after his explosive put up, “One tweet and the whole eco-system will get rattled.”

three Idiots turned immediately controversial upon its launch in 2009. Vidhu Vinod Chopra and director Rajkumar Hirani had purchased the rights to 5 Level Somebody and whereas the phrases “based mostly on the novel by Chetan Bhagat” do seem within the movie, they’re positioned within the closing credit quite than the opening titles the place Mr Hirani and author Abhijat Joshi are credited for the story and screenplay. Mr Hirani and Mr Joshi collected the Finest Story prize on the Filmfare and IIFA Awards the 12 months three Idiots launched. In a blog post in January 2010, Mr Bhagat stated he was transferring on from the matter: “Whereas we keep our stance on the difficulty, me and my followers wish to transfer on, and we have now.”

three Idiots starred Aamir Khan within the lead position of Rancho/Phunsukh, an ingenious engineering pupil. Madhavan and Sharman Joshi performed his two associates. Kareena Kapoor was forged as Aamir’s love curiosity and Boman Irani as the scholars’ nemesis, the school director they irreverently name Virus. Ali Fazal, Omi Vaidya, Javed Jaaferi and Parikshit Sahni additionally appeared within the movie.

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