Mumbai: Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar took to his Twitter handle on Friday to reply to Karan Johar’s apology letter following the row over the title ‘The Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives.’
“Dear @KaranJohar. Thank you for your response. This is indeed a close-knit industry and it operates on mutual trust and respect. When we blatantly disregard norms that we ourselves have established, then it makes very little sense calling ourselves a ‘fraternity’. I didn’t hesitate a moment in the past before granting you the title “GUTKA” in 2013, that you had requested from me, and hence I would have expected the same courtesy in return when I declined you the use of a title I had duly registered, and which I did not intend to part with,” wrote Madhur.
“The fact that you went ahead and used the title anyway despite our conversation and despite it also having been rejected by the trade associations, is what had upset me deeply. This is not how I believe real relationships work. But let’s move forward. I accept your apology and would like to leave things here. I too wish you well in your future endeavors,” he added.
After Madhur accused Karan of stealing the title of his project, Karan took to his social media handle on Thursday to issue an apology to the former.
“Dear Madhur, Our relationship goes back a long way and we have both been a part of this close-knit industry for many, many years. Through all these years. I have been an ardent admirer of your work and I have always wished the best for you. I know you have been upset with us. I humbly apologize for any grievance that has been caused to you during the course of the last few weeks. However, I would want to clarify that we have chosen this new and different title -The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives keeping in mind the non-fiction format of our reality-based franchise series. As our title was distine, I did not foresee it upsetting you as it has and for that, I duly apologise,” wrote Karan.
“I want to inform you that we have been promoting our series with the hashtag “Fabulous Lives” on all social media platforms, which is the franchise title we intend to go ahead with. We assure you that the format, nature, audience, and title of our series are different and would not in any manner dent or encumber the exploitation of your work. I hope we can move away and onward from this and continue to make exceptionally good content for our audiences. I wish you the very best for all your endeavors and look forward to watching your work,” he added.
The upcoming Netflix web series titled ‘The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives’ will be revolving around the lives of Neelam Kothari, Seema Khan, Maheep Kapoor, and Bhavana Panday.
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