Poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar has taken to Twitter to clarify that he has not written any songs for the PM Narendra Modi biopic and was “shocked” to see his name in the credits of the film.
Eagly-eyed viewers had spotted Javed’s name in the end credits of the recently launched trailer for PM Narendra Modi trailer. Many has expressed surprise since Javed has been known to criticise the BJP and PM Modi’s government. Now the veteran writer has expressed his own take, saying, “Am shocked to find my name on the poster of this film. Have not written any songs for it !”
Javed Akhtar’s followers have expressed relief after his tweet. It remains to be seen if the filmmakers behind PM Narendra Modi issue a response.
The film has actor Vivek Anand Oberoi in and as ‘PM Narendra Modi’, actors Boman Irani, Manoj Joshi, Prashant Narayanan, Zarina Wahab, Barkha Sengupta, Anjan Shrivastav, Yatin Karyekar, Ramakant Dayma, Akshat R Saluja,Jimesh Patel and Darshan Kumaar in key roles.
The film is set to hit the big screen on 5 April, a week before the nation goes to poll for general elections.
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