Aamir is not saying the truth: Chetan Bhagat

January 01, 2010 05:19 pm | Updated November 17, 2021 07:13 am IST - New Delhi

Chetan Bhagath. Photo: K. Gopinathan

Chetan Bhagath. Photo: K. Gopinathan

The controversy surrounding ‘3 Idiots’ has taken a new turn with Chetan Bhagat, the author of the book from which the movie has been adapted, accusing the filmmakers and actor Aamir Khan of not giving him due credit.

The writer said that 70 per cent of the film ‘3 Idiots’ is based on his novel ‘Five Point Someone’, contradicting Aamir’s claim that he was trying to take away the credit from the film’s scriptwriter, Abhijat Joshi.

“From the very beginning the film has been promoted on the lines that it is based on ‘Five Point Someone’ but when I saw the film, I found out that my name was nowhere to be seen in the credit line,” Chetan Bhagat told PTI.

Aamir, who plays the lead in the Rajkumar Hirani directed film, had said, “Abhijat has written the script and Raju Hirani worked on it. Raju and Abhijat took the idea from Chetan’s book. The starting point is ‘Five Point Someone’, but after that the script has been completely changed.”

But the writer has a different take on it, saying that the credit for the story has been given to Abhijat and Hirani while he has been left out entirely.

“For the past two years I have trusted Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Aamir blindly and this is what I get in return. Now I am being threatened with legal action but I am ready for it,” Chetan Bhagat said.

Aamir said he had advised Chopra and Hirani to file a case against Chetan Bhagat as he has defamed them with “false” allegations.

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