“Was Fairly Taken Aback”: Onir Reacts To Similarities Between Scenes In Made In Heaven And His Movie I AM

New Delhi:

Filmmaker Onir, in a recent tweet, mentioned he was “greatly surprised” after recognizing putting similarities between a scene in Amazon Prime’s 2019 marriage ceremony collection Made In Heaven and a selected sequence in his 2011 movie I AM. Onir was responding to a tweet from a person, who tagged the filmmaker in a video, which in contrast the 2 related scenes, each that includes actor Arjun Mathur in intimate sequences together with his respective onscreen companions (Rahul Bose in I AM). Arjun Mathur options in each I AM and Made In Heaven and performed gay characters in each tasks. “I used to be fairly greatly surprised once I noticed that a lot of that part of I AM was not solely there as content material however shot precisely in the identical approach. However acknowledgement has by no means been the energy of this trade,” tweeted Onir.

I used to be fairly greatly surprised once I noticed that a lot of that part of I AM was not solely there as content material however shot precisely in the identical approach. However acknowledgement has by no means been the energy of this trade. https://t.co/ip2rzMQgC8

— Onir (@IamOnir) July 27, 2020

Onir’s critically acclaimed movie I AM is an anthology of 4 brief movies, every coping with urgent social points, and explored the theme of homosexuality years earlier than it turned a recurrent topic in Hindi movies and exhibits. In 2012, I AM went on to win two Nationwide Awards – Finest Hindi Movie and Finest Lyrics. In the meantime, Made In Heaven was directed by co-directed by Zoya Akhtar, Nitya Mehra, Prashant Nair and Alankrita Shrivastava final yr and tracks the story of two marriage ceremony planners, performed by Arjun Mathur and Sobhita Dhulipala.

In additional tweets, Onir shared what he is “being informed”: “Apparently it is in my creativeness that it is so related,” mentioned one in every of his tweets.

I’m being informed that it is simply the incident and plenty of such incidents occur and there have been no precise similarities in the best way it was executed https://t.co/LbNFI9JQs0

— Onir (@IamOnir) July 28, 2020

Apparently it is in my creativeness that it is so related and within the episode it is simply an incident that’s identical and has no resemblance to the best way it’s in I AM !!! https://t.co/iM0Yd85r3I

— Onir (@IamOnir) July 28, 2020

In a separate tweet, Onir added that he had “spoken up” concerning the problem final yr however did not make a lot noise. He mentioned, he has determined to talk out once more as a number of celebrities are opening up concerning the darkish underbelly of the movie trade. “Why is A R Rahman and Resul Pookutty doing so now?” Onir requested. Mr Rahman just lately alleged he is not getting sufficient work within the Hindi movie trade and “gang” is spreading “false rumours” about him. Mr Pookutty, for his half, claimed that he misplaced work. Both Mr Rahman and Mr Pookutty won Oscars for the movie Slumdog Millionaire.

Onir can also be finest recognized for steering movies similar to My Brother…Nikhil, Bas Ek Pal and Shab.