Veteran actress Shabana Azmi felt makers of PM Narendra Modi biopic intentionally added her husband and veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar's name to the film's credits list. "It is quite clear this was done with deliberate intentions to mislead the public into believing that Javed Akhtar has written the songs for PM Narendra Modi when the song Ishwar Allah Tere Jahan Mein is from Deepa Mehta's film 1947 Earth," she tweeted.
Earlier this week, Akhtar shared a post on Twitter to express shock to see his name in the credits of the film's trailer. His name was mentioned among several other artistes in the lyrics category. Akhtar said he had not written any songs for the film.
https://twitter.com/AzmiShabana/status/1109497960692240385
Soon after Akhtar's tweet went viral and created a buzz, Sandip Ssingh, one of the producers of the film, cleared the air about giving credits to the lyricists. "T-Series being the official music partner of our film, we have taken the song Ishwar Allah from the film 1947: Earth and the song Suno gaur se duniya walon from Dus, thus we have given the due credits to respective lyricists Javed Sahab and Sameerji," Ssingh, also the creative director and story writer of the film, said in a statement.
Actor Vivek Anand Oberoi essays Modi in the biopic, which is scheduled to release on April 5.
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