Karan Johar Apologises To Madhur Bhandarkar For Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives Title But Says He’s Keeping It

New Delhi:

Only a few hours after filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar accused Dharma Productions for allegedly misappropriating the title ‘Bollywood Wives’ that’s registered with him, Karan Johar, who’s backing the Netflix collection titled The Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives, launched an announcement on Twitter on Thursday night. Karan Johar, in his assertion, apologised to the Trend director for his “grievances through the course of the previous couple of weeks.” Nonetheless, he maintained that he’ll keep on with the unique title of the present and “assured that the format, nature, viewers and the title” of the collection are “totally different and wouldn’t in any method dent or encumber the exploitation” of Madhur Bhandarkar’s work.

In his open letter to the filmmaker, Karan Johar wrote: “Pricey Madhur, our relationship goes again a good distance and we have now each been part of this close-knit business for a lot of, a few years.” Karan Johar, who made a cameo look in Mr Bhandarkar’s 2008 movie Trend, added, ” By way of all these years I’ve been an ardent admirer of your work and I’ve all the time wished the very best for you.” He added, “I need to inform you that we have now been selling our collection with the hashtag “Fabulous Lives” on all social media platforms, which is the franchise title we are likely to go forward with.”

Karan Johar added that he didn’t “foresee” the title “upsetting” Madhur Bhandarkar, given the truth that it was “distinct” and added, “I do know you could have been upset with us. I humbly apologise for my grievances through the course of the previous couple of weeks. Nonetheless, I’d need to make clear that we have now chosen this new and totally different title “The Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives” retaining in thoughts the non-fiction format of our reality-based franchise collection. As our title was distinct, I didn’t foresee it upsetting you because it has and for that I duly apologise.”

Karan Johar signed off the assertion saying, “I hope we will transfer away and onward from this and proceed to make exceptionally good content material for our audiences. I want you the easiest for all of your endeavors and look ahead to watching your work.”

Learn Karan Johar’s assertion right here:

To my pricey good friend @imbhandarkarpic.twitter.com/l5oX2hmM8A

— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) November 26, 2020

Madhur Bhandarkar, earlier shared footage of the letter written by the Indian Movement Footage Producers’ Affiliation (IMPPA) to The Movie and Tv Producers Guild of India, on the idea of his grievance, and the response obtained. He even had accused Dharma Productions of “misusing and tweaking” the title of his forthcoming venture Bollywood Wives. “When ‘IMPPA’ requested ‘Movie Guild of India’ whether or not Dharma was given the Title Bollywood Wives the place Dharma is a member, the GUILD replied that that they had outrightly rejected the identical. That exhibits Dharma have blatantly tweaked and misused our title,” tweeted Madhur Bhandarkar.

When ‘IMPPA’ requested ‘Movie Guild of India’ whether or not @DharmaMovies was given the Title #BollywoodWives the place Dharma is a Member. The GUILD replied that that they had outrightly rejected the identical. That exhibits Dharma have blatantly tweeked and misused our Title #BollywoodWives. Test https://t.co/Wo9UJA3fCDpic.twitter.com/ZibM7XYp60

— Madhur Bhandarkar (@imbhandarkar) November 23, 2020

The Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives is an upcoming Netflix collection primarily based on the lives of 4 star-wives – Seema Khan (married to Sohail Khan), Maheep Kapoor (Sanjay Kapoor’s spouse), Bhavana Pandey (spouse of Chunky Pandey) and Neelam Kothari (married to Samir Soni).