Veteran actress Shabana Azmi on Sunday said the makers of the upcoming film PM Narendra Modi had deliberately named her husband, lyricist Javed Akhtar, in the credits to “mislead” the audience.
In the trailer, the 74-year-old writer is mentioned alongside lyricists Prasoon Joshi, Sameer, Abhendra Kumar Upadhyay, Sardaraa, Parry G. and Lavraj.
“It is quite clear this was done with deliberate intentions to mislead public into believing that @Javedakhtarjadu has written the songs for Mr PM Narendra Modi when the song Ishwar Allah Tere Jahan Mein is from @IamDeepaMehta film 1947 Earth,” Shabana tweeted.
On Friday, Akhtar had tweeted: “(I) am shocked to find my name on the poster of this film. Have not written any songs for it.”
The producer, Sandip Singh, then said that the team used an old song penned by Akhtar and therefore mentioned him in the credits.
“We have used one of his old songs, Ishwar Allah, from 1947: Earth and gave him credit,” he said. “I did not get any call from him and so I also did not call him. He spoke about it on Twitter, so even I replied there. But he could have called us.”
The trailer was released on March 20. The film releases on April 5.
