'PM Narendra Modi' Biopic: Makers respond to Javed Akhtar's concern over his name being used in the Vivek Oberoi-starrer. Here's their explanation

The biopic ‘PM Narendra Modi’ has been making headlines ever since it was announced, but the film has also found itself in controversies, from allegations of being a 'propaganda film' to political parties objecting to its release with the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The latest development regarding the movie has been Javed Akhtar expressing shock about being credited among the lyricists. He’s not alone, another veteran lyricist Sameer has also wondered how his name sprung up in the credits of the biopic.

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Responding to their 'displeasure' and 'concern', producer and creative director Sandip Ssingh‏ claimed that the reason credit was given to the veteran musicians is because the team has used their old songs in the biopic. 

Taking to Twitter, he wrote,"We have taken the songs 'Ishwar Allah' from the film '1947:Earth' and the song 'Suno Gaur Se Duniya Walon' from the film 'Dus' in our film, thus we have given the due credits to respective lyricists Javed Sahab and Sameer Ji." 

Both veteran lyricists expressed their shock and concern over the issue and claimed that they did not write even one song for the film. Read their tweets below- 

The lyricists had spotted the error in the trailer of 'PM Narendra Modi' that was unveiled on Wednesday. Watch the trailer here:

'PM Narendra Modi' hits the theatres on April 5 and also stars Boman Irani, Barkha Bisht Sengupta, Zarina Wahab, Manoj Joshi, Prashant Narayanan.

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